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referring  to  my  recovery  from  consumption,  I  am  receiving  so  many  letters  of  inquiry  that 
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wish,  and  it  does  not  distress  me. 

"  Respectfully  yours, 

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PAOB 

CHAPTER  I. 

1 

CHAPTER  II. 

.       .       .       .           10 

CHAPTER  HI. 

.        .        .        .            19 

CHAPTER  IV. 

.        .        .           34 

CHAPTER  V. 

.       .       .       .          81 

CHAPTER  VI. 

.        .        ,        .           38 

CHAPTER  VH. 

48 

CHAPTER  VHI. 

.       .       .       .          67 

CHAPTER  IX. 

.       .       .       .          63 

CHAPTER  X. 

EMBRACED  BY  A  NATIVE    . 

.       .       .      .          74 

2028967 


READING  NURSERY, 


JACOB  W.  MANNING. 


The  proprietor,  after  an  experience  of  thirty -four  years  in  the  nursery  business,  is  fully 
engaged  in  growing  trees  and  is  able  to  give  advice  in  selecting  and  planting  them,  being 
often  called  to  lay  out  grounds.  During  this  time  nearly  all  the  varieties  of  grapes  and 
many  other  large  and  email  fruits  that  are  now  popular  have  been  introduced  into  culti- 
vation; also  many  ornamental  trees  and  shrubs. 

The  nursery  covers  fifteen 
acres,  and  in  it  visitors  can 
see  groicing  every  variety  of 
ornamental  and  fruit  trees  and 
shrubs  usually  seen  growing 
in  nurseries,  and  many  more 
rare  plants  not  usually  found, 
and  some  which  we  are  intro- 
ducing to  the  trade,  and  which 
cannot  be  found  in  other 
grounds.  Visitors  can  learn 
useful  lessons  by  calling  on  us 
and  seeing  our  methods  in  the 
care  of  trees. 

Among  ornamental  trees  we 
call  attention  to  our  trimmed 
hedges,  and  single  trees  in  con- 
ical  and  round  forms  for  the 
lawn.  These  can  be  removed 
with  perfect  safety,  owing  to 
frequent  transplanting. 

_  We  have  a  VCry  large  Bt°Ck 

PBiBTOR,  whohd  out  his  own  gnwd.  of  evergreens,  Seventy  species 
and  varieties,  many  of  which  are  very  rare.  Thuja  "Woodwardli,  of  our  introduction,  a 
dwarf  Arbor  Vitas,  will  make  a  perfect  hedge  without  pruning,  which  will  not  have  the 
stiff,  formal  outline  of  a  close  clipped  hedge. 

We  have  a  splendid  stock  of  Maples  and  Elms,  also  a  full  list  of  deciduous  ornamental 
trees  of  desirable  kind,  including  blood-leaved,  fern-leaved,  and  variegated-leaved  forms. 

The  following  is  a  partial  list:  — 

1000  Chestnut  Oaks,  12  to  18  inches.    2  years  from  seed. 

7000  White  Oaks,  6  to  18  inches  up  to  6  feet. 

3000  Red  Oaks,  8  to  18  inches  up  to  8  feet. 

1000  Scarlet  Oaks,  6  to  12  inches  up  to  5  feet. 


JV  CONTENTS. 

PAOR 
CHAPTER  XI. 

THE  <;  HOST  OF  JACOB  COLE 59 

CHAPTER  XH. 

CELESTIALS 98 

CHAPTER  XIII. 
DRIVEN  BKFOBE  A  STORM  ...  109 


CHAPTER  XIV. 
CAPTIVES 


CHAPTER  XV. 


CHAPTER  XVI. 
PATSET'S,  ADVENTURES,  ESCAPE,  AND  RETURN 196 

CHAPTER   XVH. 
BRAI>  DETERMINED .  143 


CHAPTER    XVIII. 
AN  UNSUCCESSFUL  SEARCH 


CHAPTER  XIX. 
INDIAN  PAUADISES 


CHAPTER  XX. 
A  MUSK  DKKB  HUNT 171 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
A  Wi:m>iN(;  IN  HIGH  LIFE 178 

CHAPTER  YTTT. 
A  BEWITCHED  SHIP  AND  CREW 185 

CHAPTER   XXHI. 
A.  STKANQE  SAIL 198 

CHAPTER    XXTV. 
4  TOICB ...         KM 


300  Royal  English  Oaks,  6  to  15  inches  Up  to  8  feet. 

5000  American  Sweet  Chestnuts,  10  to  24  inches  up  to  12  feet. 

500  Black  Walnuts,  12  inches  to  12  feet. 

1000  Shellbark  Walnuts,  6  to  10  inches  to  4  feet. 

200  Tulip  or  Whitewood,  12  inches  to  12  feet. 

1000  Basswood  or  Linden,  3  to  12  feet. 

15,000  Rock  Maple,  2  to  18  feet. 

4000  Norway  Maple,  6  inches  to  20  feet. 

1000  Scarlet  Maple,  2  to  12  feet. 

1000  Thorn  Acacia,  12  inches  to  10  feet. 

1000  American  or  White  Beech,  6  inches  to  6  feet. 

1000  Silver  Leaf  Maple,  2  to  20  feet. 

500  Wild  Black  Cherry,  2  to  10  feet. 

1500  Catalpa  Speciosa,  1  to  5  feet. 

3000  White  Ash,  3  to  10  feet. 

3000  American  Elm,  1  to  20  feet. 

100  Striped  Maples,  2  to  15  feet. 

Besides  the  common  species  of  shruhs  found  in  all  grounds, 
we  have  many  new  und  rare  species  not  generally  in  cultivation. 

Our  list  of  hardy  herbaceous  plants  and  bulbs  is  not  equalled 
in  New  England.  We  have 

500  SPECIES  AND  VARIETIES, 

which  includes  50  species  and  varieties  of  Lilies. 

For  prices  and  descriptions  of  trees  and  plants  send  for  de- 
scriptive catalogue  to 

JACOB  W,  MANNING, 


Pyramidal  Pruned 
Arbor  Vitce. 


Call  and  see  us  and  make 
your  own  selections. 


Our  Grounds  are  Five  Minutes' 
Walk  from  Reading  Depot,  on  Bos- 
ton and  Maine  Railroad,  12  Miles 
out  of  Boston, 


YUCCA  FILLAMENTOSA, 


CONTENTS.  V 

MM 
CHAPTER  XXV. 

ENFLEURAGE .       215 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 
THE  QUEEN  OF  FLOWERS 222 


CHAPTER    XXVII. 
AN  ENCHANTED  ISLAND 


CHAPTER   XXVHI. 
CAPTAIN  JACOB  COLE'S  STORY 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 
THE  BEAUTT  AND  THE  BEAST 


CHAPTER  XXX- 
YOCRS  IN  GRATITUDE 


CHAPTER 

SELECTING  A  TROUSSEAU 


CHAPTER  XXXII. 
JEAN'S  HIDDEN  TREASURES 


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LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Captain  Bradford  Cole Frontispiece. 

Jean 5 

Thus  she  presented  herself  to  us 8 

They  were,  however,  arranged  peculiarly 12 

With  one  immense  leap  he  shot  up  into  the  air 25 

Standing  on  bis  h  end ;  the  mast  bending  like  a  reed 29 

"Patsey,  show  your  skill  and  agility  by  reaching  for  me  that  large  tolos- 

som,"  said  Susio 35 

Saw  him  pulling  from  the  rocks  what  appeared  to  be  bunches  of  moss  .  40 

And  quick  each  manly  swimmer  bounded  into  the  surf  ....  45 

14 1  go  to  give  my  hand  to  each ! " 47 

We  crashed  down,  down,  over  and  over 85 

He  shook  as  with  ague,  and  his  eyes  stared  at  Brad  wita  a  look  of  fear  .  90 

The  waves  are  yet  running  mountains  high  . 118 

Around  us,  above  us,  on  every  side,  stood  a  tribe  of  most  ferocious 

looking  savages 120 

Susie  advanced 133 

We  stopped  for  some  minutes  in  silent  admiration 147 

We  looked,  but  we  did  not  see  a  kitten 156 

Rising  in  ever  decreasing  spirals  above  the  head  of  the  horse  ...  170 

We  drew  him  out  of  the  wheel-house 189 

I  was  standing  at  the  entrance  of  a  huge  Egyptian  Temple  ....  193 

The  vase  was  shivered  into  atoms  aud  I  shot  out  into  space  ...  194 
Boarded  amidships,  and  stain1,  in -r  upon  the  bulwarks,  looked  around 

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Viii  LIST   OF   ILLUSTRATIONS. 

With  frightened  air  bounded  away 210 

We  commenced  our  tour  of  observation  on  the  lower  floor ....  215 

"The  young  Arab  haunted  by  the  smell" 240 

They  are  rubbing  noses  together  like  two  mad  apes       ....       I  245 

We  wandered  through  a  Turkish  Perfume  Bazaar 247 

Was  Brad,  but  how  changed 253 

They  were  in  each  others  arms 258 

At  it  they  went,  belter  8ke?t«r 263 

The  Beauty  and  the  Beast .  871 

4  commotion  ensued 186 

HN1S  PEKfUMBS. 


MR.  WILLIAM  HAL- 
FORD  is  the  Sole  Pro- 
prietor of  the  Celebrated 
Sauce  bearing  his  name. 
Its  undoubted  prece- 
dence over  all  the  Eng- 
lish and  American  Sauces 
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lished. In  consequence 
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like  all  other  successful 
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spurious  imitations. 

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escapes  its  contaminating 


touch.     Respecting  the 
genuine    article    in   Hal- 
ford  Sauce,  read  the  fol- 
lowing :  — 
WM.  HALFORD,  Esq. : 

Sir,  —  I  have  analyzed 
and  used  the  "Halford 
Leicestershire  Table 
Sauce,"  and  consider  it 
an  excellent  relish.  It  is 
free  from  anything  un- 
wholesome or  injurious, 
and  is  composed  of  such 
spices  and  other  ingredi- 
ents as  we  all  know  to  be 
the  best  for  a  sauce  of 
this  kind. 

Respectfully, 

S.  DANA  HATES, 
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Chemist,  Mass. 


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A  ROMANCE  OF  PERFUME  LANDS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

AN     OLD     FRIEND. 

^    A  LBERT,"  said  my  wife,  entering  my  study  one  afternoon 
•£*-  in  the  spring  of  1873,  "a  gentleman,  calling  himself  Cap- 
tain Bradford  Cole,  is  in  the  reception  room,  and  would  like  to 
see  you." 

"What!"  I  exclaimed  in  surprise,  "Bradford  Cole!"  and 
descending  the  stairs,  two  steps  at  a  time,  mentally  abusing  the 
architect  and  builder  for  making  them  so  long,  I  soon  had  Brad 
by  the  hand.  He  was  an  English  lad,  but  had  lived  in  Boston,  and 
while  here,  we  were  chums.  His  father  was  wrecked  at  sea,  and 
supposed  to  be  on  an  uninhabited  island.  It  was  the  object  of 
Brad's  life  to  become  a  thoroughly  educated  navigator,  so  as  to 
be  able  to  go  in  search  of,  and  find  his  father  ;  for  this  purpose  he 
shipped  under  his  uncle,  who  was  captain  and  part  owner  of  a 
trading  vessel.  I  remember  the  day  he  sailed  how  I  played  truant 
to  see  him  off,  but  was  prevailed  upon  by  a  philanthropist  to  go  to 
a  church  vestry,  to  help  scrape  lint  and  tear  bandages  for  the  sol- 
diers, for  this  was  during  the  first  year  of  the  late  civil  War ;  and 
how  grieved  I  felt  afterwards  at  not  seeing  him  depart. 


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iously looking  for  some  curative  agent.  This  wonderful  discovery  is  marvellous  in  it* 
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producing  a  speedy  cure  in  the  most  obstinate  cases. 

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2  A    ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME     LANDS. 

After  all  my  devotion  to  my  couu try's  cause,  \vhon  I  wcnt'U 
school  next  da}*,  my  excuses  availed  me  nothing,  for  I  was  we!! 
punished  for  playing  truant,  which  so  aroused  my  indignation 
that  I  determined  at  the  first  opportunity  to  leave  school,  and 
at  last  the  chance  arriving,  I  enlisted  as  a  Chaplain's  boy  in  the 
— th.  Mass.  Vols.,  but  after  a  year's  service  was  glad  to  return 
home  and  resume  m}*  studies,  which  I  followed  till  I  entered 
business  circles. 

From  that  time  to  this,  a  period  of  nearty  a  dozen  years,  I  had 
neither  seen  Brad  or  heard  any  tidings  of  him,  and  here  he  stood 
before  me,  grown  from  the  slim,  pale  youth,  to  a  broad  shouldered, 
and  well-formed  man,  imbrowned  by  exposure  to  the  sun,  but 
with  the  same  merry  twinkle  in  his  black  63Tes,  and  the  same 
pleasant  smile  on  his  full  bearded  face.  I  had  also  changed ; 
the  little  fellow  whom  he  used  to  hold  on  his  knee  was  now 
almost  as  large  a  man  as  himself,  and  with  constant  exercise  and 
temperate  living  had  become  nearly  as  strong,  and  perhaps  a 
little  quicker  in  my  movements ;  his  strength  was  the  result  of 
toil,  and  mine  was  gained  by  a  course  of  training  in  the  gymna- 
sium. Our  conditions  plvysically  and  pecuniarily  were  well 
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AM   OLD    FRIEND.  3 

lowing,  and  he  had  stopped  here  to  see  his  old  friends,  as  Vis 
search  was  in  this  direction. 

"We  were  delighted  to  see  each  other  and  talked  long  into  the 
night,  and  I  finall}'  persuaded  him  to  make  my  house  his  home 
during  his  stay  in  this  port,  although  it  was  an  hour's  ride  into 
the  city.  A  few  years  after  the  war,  I  had  gone  into  business, 
and  having  married  a  good  and  economical  wife,  I  was  enabled 
to  rise  in  the  world  much  faster  than  I  should  have  done  alone, 
and  as  my  business  was  very  profitable  and  had  become  ex- 
tensive, I  had  a  surplus.  In  fact  I  had  succeeded  so  well 
that  I  had  frequently  spoken  to  my  wife  about  going  abroad,  and 
here  was  the  opportunity,  for  Brad  intended  to  induce  me  to 
accompany  him  in  his  search  for  his  father,  provided  he  could 
find  me,  and  I  was  not  tied  down  by  business  or  otherwise  ;  this 
he  told  me  after  several  days  sta}-  with  us. 

"All  things  considered  —  your  entertaining  wife,  palatial  res- 
idence and  lucrative  business,  of  course  you  cannot  go  now," 
said  Brad,  "  and  I  was  depending  so  much  on  your  company." 

"  Well,  old  fellow,  don't  be  too  sure  about  that ;  we  have  been 
thinking  of  travelling  for  some  time,  but  not  of  making  such  a 
long  trip  as  you  will  probably  be  obliged  to  make." 

"  Have  you?  I  was  afraid  after  finding  you  so  pleasantly  sit- 
uated, it  would  be  hard  to  get  you  away." 

"There  is  only  one  difficult}',"  I  answered,  "and  that  is,  I 
couldn't  go  and  leave  my  wife  alone,  and  I  fear  so  long  a  sea 
voyage  would  be  unpleasant  to  her." 

"  Oh  !  is  that  all !  "  said  Brad.  "  That  is  easily  arranged,  for 
I  have  eight  large  cabins,  and  I  will  have  one  of  them  fitted  up 
in  the  best  of  style,  and  vdth  every  convenience,  so  she  will 
hardly  know  the  di [Terence  between  it  and  her  own  cozy  parlor; 


THE  LINEN  GLACE. 


Whutia  Claimed  for  "Linen  date.1' 

"Linen  Glac6 "  is  a  scien- 
tific combination  of  several 
of  the  best  articles  known  for 
laundry  use,  with  other  im- 
portant ingredients  never  be- 
fore employed  for  that  pur- 
pose, and  is  warranted  to 
contain  nothing  injurious. 

It  combines  readily  with 
starch. 

It  prevents  "  blistering  "  or 
breaking,  and  the  iron  stick- 
ing. 

It  can  be  used  as  well  In 
cold  starch  as  in  hot. 

It  saves  twenty-five  per 
cent  ia  labor. 

It  gives  a  beautiful  ivory 
finish,  and  brightens  all  col- 
ored fabrics. 

Garments  will  keep  clean 
much  longer  with  the  smooth 
surface  it  produces,  and  are 
not  so  easily  affected  by 
dampness. 

For  doing  up  Infants* 
nothing,  Muslin,  Cambrics, 
Laces,  and  other  fabrics  that 
will  not  take  starch  readily, 
"Linen  Glace"  is  invalua- 


The  following  Is  from  one 
of  the  best  known  and  moot 
worthy  ladies  in  the  land : 

PEEKSKILL,  Jan.  11, 1881. 

Samuel  Pilltbury,  Prei.  of 
the  Linen  (ilact  Compa- 
ny, 40  Summer  Street, 
Boston. 

Dear  Sir:  —  An  far  an  able 
since  I  taw  you  I  have  experi- 
mented with  your  LinenGlace 
and  have  enlisted  friends  to 
tent  it  also.  The  little  atten- 
tion I  could  give  it  pertoitatly 
ha*  pleui-ed  me  very  much.  I 
think  it  fully  responds  to  all 
that  ynu  claim  for  it,  and  {/ 
brr>itf/>it  into  general  use,  will 
not  <»ili/  iterreaxe  the  labor  of 
the  Ln'ttinlty  in  getting  up 
sturched  rlothe*.  but  give 
mm  li  greater  pleasure  and 
satixfftction  than  any  other 
mode  of  Kttirching  1  have  mtt 
with. 

Wishing  ynu  full  »ucce»»,  1 
am  respectfully, 

Mrs.  Henry  Ward  Beecler. 


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4  A    nOMANCK    OF     PERFUME    LAXDS. 

so  ii  ia  understood  you  arc  to  go,  and  be  prepared  as  soon  as 
possible,  for  I  am  impatient  to  be  once  more  on  the  deep  blue ; 
the  life  of  a  land-lubber  does  not  agree  with  me,  and  as  a  parting 
inducement,  it  will  do  your  wife  good,  and  deepen  the  roses  in 
her  cheeks  ;  so  good-bye  for  the  rest  of  the  da}-,  as  I  go  to  make 
preparations,  and  when  I  come  back  I  hope  the  decision  of  youi 
wife  will  be  in  the  affirmative." 

This  is  the  manner  in  which  we  were  induced  to  set  out  on 
our  travels  ;  for  after  a  long  talk,  my  wife  and  I  decided  we  would 
go,  greatly  to  Brad's  joy. 

My  trade  and  business  being  that  of  a  practicing  and  manufac- 
turing perfumer,  also  a  dealer  in  everything  pertaining  to  per- 
fumery and  the  toilet,  I  always  had  a  great  desire  to  visit  the 
countries  where  the  flowers  and  plants  grew  and  flourished  in  the 
greatest  profusion,  of  which  I  used  the  products ;  and  also  to 
make  a  collection  of  each  and  ever}'  kind,  with  a  view  of  forming 
a  conservator}',  in  which  could  be  seen  growing  all  the  Flora 
from  which  are  derived  those  pleasant  odors  which  so  delight 
our  senses  ;  and  also  to  secure  specimens  and  samples  of  each  of 
the  animals  and  curiosities  pertaining  to,  or  from  which  any  per- 
fume or  articles  of  the  toilet  owe  their  derivation,  as  well  as  to 
observe  and  study  all  the  methods  of  extracting  and  manufactur- 
ing, and  to  obtain  all  new  ideas  which  would  advance  the  interest 
of  the  perfumery  business  and  teach  others  the  value  and  the 
benefits  accruing  from  the  use  of  perfumes. 

"  I  am  sorry,  for  your  wife's  sake,  I  am  not  married,"  Brad 
was  saying  the  day  after  we  had  decided  to  go,  "then  my  wife 
would  be  a  companion  for  yours  ;  there  is  room  enough  as  I  have 
five  cabins  unoccupied,  and  I  can  have  two  more  built  if  we  should 
need  them." 


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JEAN, 


AN    OLI>     FRIEND.  0 

"  It  would  make  it  much  pleasanter,"  I  said.  "Do  you  suppose 
Susie  would  like  to  go?"  I  asked  of  my  wife. 

"  She  would  be  delighted,"  was  her  reply,  "  and  she  could 
be  of  great  assistance  to  you  no  doubt,  for  she  is  quite  an  expert 
botanist,  and  would  like  to  examine  the  growing  Flora  of  the 
different  countries." 

"  Suppose  3-011  write  to  her  and  see  what  she  sa3's,"  I  replied. 

"Do,"  said  Brad,  "  I  should  be  happy  to  have  her  accompany 
us ;  and  would  it  not  be  well  to  have  your  chemist  with  you?  I 
should  think  he  would  be  a  great  help,  as  he  appears  to  be  quite 
learned,  and  seems  also  entirely  devoted  to  your  interests. 
Where  did  you  first  meet  him?" 

"  I  will  answer  your  question  by  telling  you  his  story,  which  is 
fi  very  sad  one,"  I  replied.  "I  presume  you  mean  Jean  Sou- 
plesse.  Well,  one  dark,  stormy  evening  in  November,  several 
years  ago,  as  I  was  closing  the  store,  having  stopped  a  little  later 
than  usual  to  complete  writing  up  the  result  of  some  experiments 
I  had  been  making,  a  dirty,  ragged,  and  as  I  supposed  drunken 
man,  with  pale  face,  sunken  eyes  and  hollow  cheeks,  reelec 
toward  me  ;  I  stepped  aside  to  let  him  pass,  and  was  proceeding 
on  my  wa}*,  intending  not  to  notice  him,  for  I  despise  a  drunkard, 
even  the  smell  of  liquor  sickens  me,  and  I  keep  as  far  from  it  as 
possible,  and  would  never  give  employment  to  any  one  addicted 
to  the  use  of  liquor  or  tobacco  in  any  shape.  As  he  did  not  move 
along,  I  glanced  at  him  again,  and  he  gave  me  a  piteous  look, 
stretched  out  his  hands  seemingly  imploring  for  help,  staggered, 
and  would  have  fallen  had  I  not  caught  him  ;  he  had  fainted,  and 
as  I  could  smell  no  stench  of  liquor  about  him,  I  opened  the  door 
of  the  store  and  carried  him  in  ;  by  the  aid  of  ammonia  and  brisk 
rubbing  he  quickly  revived  and  called  for  water,  speaking  in 


6  A  ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

French.  He  said  he  had  begged  and  questiored  so  many  who 
had  not  or  would  not  understand  him,  that  that  was  the  reason  he 
had  not  spoken  to  me  ;  that  he  was  almost  starved,  having  eaten 
nothing  for  three  days.  Taking  him  to  a  restaurant  near  by  I 
ordered  a  hot  supper  for  him,  after  which  I  took  him  to  a  lodg- 
ing house  and  hired  a  room  for  him  to  sleep  in,  and  told  him  to 
come  to  the  store  in  the  morning,  which  he  did,  and  then  told  me 
that  he  was  from  the  south  of  France,  and  had  been  in  Paris  for 
several  years  employed  as  a  chemist  in  a  large  toilet  soap 
manufactory ;  but  some  of  the  other  employees,  having  become 
jealous  of  him  on  account  of  his  rapid  advancement  in  the 
factory,  he  left,  and  for  awhile  led  an  idler's  life,  strolling  in  ihe 
Parks  and  Boulevards,  and  visiting  the  theatres  and  other  places 
of  amusement.  At  one  of  these  places  a  troupe  from  the  United 
States  were  performing,  and  among  them  a  very  pretty  girl,  and 
as  he  became  enamoured  of  her,  he  went  nightly  to  see  her  acting. 
At  last  the  engagement  of  the  troupe  being  concluded,  they  were 
about  to  sail  for  New  York,  and  he  determined  to  follow  her. 
He  said,  '  he  could  not  lose  her  thus,'  and  spent  near  to  his  last 
sou  to  pay  his  passage.  He  hoped  that  during  the  voyage,  an 
opportunity  would  be  offered  to  form  her  acquaintance  ;  obtaining 
an  introduction,  and  pushing  his  suit  with  all  the  ardor  of  a 
Frenchman,  he  soon  gained  her  heart  and  a  promise  of  her  hand 
on  their  arrival  in  America.  But  alas  !  during  a  terrific  storm  the 
steamer  foundered,  and  nearly  all  on  board  were  lost.  In  the 
confusion  he  tried,  but  could  not  find  his  lachr-love,  and  finally 
concluded  she  was  among  the  lost.  After  floating  for  two  days, 
clinging  to  a  spar,  he  Mas  rescued  by  a  Boston  bound  merchant- 
man, and  on  his  arrival  at  this  port,  the  captain  of  the  vessel  sup- 
plied him  with  clothes,  and  all  the  money  he  felt  he  could  spare. 


THE 

"  Hub"  Wraps  and  Drawers, 

(PATENTED  AUG.  8,  1871.) 

Have  many  superior  advantages  over  all  others. 
Letter  F,  in  cut,  shows  the  PATENTED  SUSPEN- 
SORY GORE,  which  removes  all  disagreeable 
points,  such  as  seams,  extra  cloth  and  tightening 
over  the  knee ;  as  the  seams  do  not  come  to  the 
centre,  it  removes  the  unpleasant  feelings  expe- 
rienced in  all  others,  both  foreign  and  domestic,  and 
are  indispensable  for  large  men  that  appreciate  com- 
fort, as  thousands  will  testify  to  their  great  value. 
To  substantiate  this  I  will  give  reference  to  patrons 
who  comprise  the  best  known  citizens  of  Boston, 
New  York,  New  Haven,  Providence,  Worcester, 
Springfield,  Portland,  Portsmouth,  etc.  The  Wrap 

nected,  gives  it  a  superiority  over  all  others,  as  it  fits 
loosely,  is  not  so  oppressive  in  a  warm  room,  gives 
extra  protection  for  this  uneven  climate,  and  pre- 
vents colds,  neuralgia,  catarrh,  pneumonia,  etc. 
Those   wishing  to  order  by  mail,  send  length  of 

height.  For  measure  of  "Hub"  Drawers,  for 
waist,  follow  dotted  lines  of  letter  A;  hip,  diagonal  as  per  dotted  line,  B;  inseam, 
E;  calf,  C.  Those  wishing  samples  and  personal  attention,  send  postal  to  this 
address: 


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AN   OLD    FRIEND.  7 

and  ho  started  out  to  find  work.  He  had  been  here  for  weeks, 
but  had  onl}*  obtained  an  occasional  job,  just  enough  to  keep  bod}' 
and  soul  together.  For  the  last  three  days  he  had  had  almost 
nothing  to  eat,  and  the  vessel  that  rescued  him  having  sailed,  he 
was  left  desolate  and  despairing.  I  had  thought  the  matter  over 
during  the  preceding  evening  and  had  concluded  to  offer  him 
employment  at  my  house  as  a  gardener,  but  in  the  morning  when 
lie  informed  me  that  he  was  a  practical  chemist  I  changed  my 
j>lans,  and  gave  him  employment  in  the  store  till  I  could  ascer- 
tain how  much  he  really  knew.  When  I  told  him  what  I  would 
do  for  him  he  was  profuse  in  his  thanks.  Giving  him  a  week's 
leisure  to  regain  his  health  and  strength,  he  commenced  work  at 
the  store  and  I  have  never  regretted  his  coming,  as  his  devotion 
is  unequalled,  and  by  his  help  I  have  been  able  to  make  many 
improvements  in  my  manufactures,  and  have  always  found  him 
trustworthy,  industrious  and  agreeable.  He  cannot  however 
scorn  to  overcome  his  sorrow  for  the  loss  of  his  first  love,  whom  he 
considers  was  beyond  comparison,  for  he  says,  '  one  in  her  calling 
who  resists  the  manjr  temptations  to  which  she  is  subject  has  by  far 
a  stronger  principle  of  right  and  virtue  than  another  who  is  not  so 
tried.'  That  is  why  you  will  see  him  standing  and  apparently 
looking  into  the  far  distant,  probably  imagining  himself  again 
nraid  the  scene  of  the  shipwreck  and  its  horrors." 

"  When  you  first  saw  him  he  was  not  under  the  influence  of 
liquor  as  you  supposed?'  asked  Brad. 

"  No,"  I  replied,  "he  neither  drinks  nor  uses  tobacco  in  any 
form ;  he  knows  well  the  ill  effects  of  drinking  and  of  what 
poisons  the  majority  of  liquors  are  made,  and  would  no  more  think 
of  polluting  his  system  with  such  fluids  than  he  would  think  of 
eating  arsenic  for  dessert;  and  as  for  tobacco,  he  considers  that 


COLUMBIA  BICYCLE, 


The  Bicycle  as  a  permanent,  practical  road-vehicle 
is  an  acknowledged  fact,  and  the  thousands  in  daily 
use  are  constantly  increasing  in  numbers.  It  com- 
bines speed  and  endurance  that  no  horse  can  equal, 
and  for  pleasure  or  health  is  far  superior  to  any 
other  out-door  sport.  The  art  of  riding  is  easily 
acquired,  and  the  exercise  is  recommended  by  the 
medical  profession  as  a  means  of  renewing  health 
and  strength,  as  it  brings  into  action  almost  every 
muscle  of  the  body. 

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Both  of  these  remedies  taken  and  applied  in  connection  with  each  other,  are  confidently 
recommended  as  a  sure  cure  for  all  cases  of  Consumption,  except  in  its  last  stages.  All 
other  affections  of  the  Chest  and  Lungs  are  removed  in  a  few  days. 

Prepared  by 

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8  A    ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

nicotine,  which  is  the  chief  constituent  in  tobacco,  has  caused 
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asylums  than  any  other  one  thing ;  but  here  he  comes,  so  we  will 
adjourn  to  the  sitting  room  and  he  will  tell  3-011  more  of  his  his- 
tory." 

Jean  was  but  a  few  moments  preparing  for  supper ;  he  greeted 
us  as  he  entered  the  room  and  we  then  sat  down.  Jean  Souplesse 
was  of  medium  height,  with  dark,  curl}7  hair,  deep  black  eyes, 
a  short,  thick,  black  moustache  and  goatee,  and  red  cheeks ; 
he  was  quick  of  movement,  and  most  graceful  in  action  and 
polite  in  manners. 

We  had  received  a  letter  from  my  wife's  sister  in  reply  to  ours, 
saying,  "  she  should  like  nothing  better  than  to  accompany  us,  and 
would  be  with  us  in  a  few  days."  We  were  now  awaiting  her 
coming,  as  she  had  arrived  and  would  soon  be  down. 

Miss  Susie  Stearns,  a  really  handsome  girl,  a  blonde,  not  one 
of  the  dumpy,  lackadaisical  kind,  but  of  lively  disposition,  of 
medium  height,  slender  form,  with  regal  bearing,  a  graceful  car- 
riage, a  pleasant  smile,  and  bright  blue  eyes,  which  would  darken 
almost  to  black  when  she  was  excited  ;  an  intelligent  face,  showing 
both  determination  and  womanly  tenderness ;  and  her  hair  was 
like  the  finest  spun  gold,  which  when  left  to  fall  untramelled. 
reached  far  below  her  waist,  clothing  her  in  its  wealth  and  beauty, 
like  a  cloud  with  a  golden  lining.  Thus  she  presented  herself  to 
Capt.  Cole,  Jean  and  myself.  After  introducing  her  to  my  com- 
panions, and  a  few  commonplace  remarks  were  exchanged,  the  con- 
versation turned  to  our  proposed  tour.  Susie  seemed  delighted, 
and  expressed  her  satisfaction  and  gratification  at  our  thinking  of 
her  and  opening  to  her  such  a  field  for  the  practise  of  her  favorite 
stud}'.  I  saw  that  both  Brad  and  Jean  were  well  satisfied  that 


AN    OLD    FRIEND.  9 

she  was  to  accompany  us,  and  from  the  many  admiring  glances 
bestowed  upon  her,  it  looked  as  if  they  would  lose  their  hearts  or 
peace  of  mind  if  they  did  not  keep  themselves  under  restraint. 
Supper  being  announced,  we  adjourned  to  the  dining-room,  where 
further  plans  concerning  our  anticipated  journey  were  discussed 


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CHAPTER   II. 

CYNTHIA. 

E  following  day,  Tuesday,  we  all  proceeded  to  the  citj*  to 
view  the  steam  yacht  on  which  we  expected  to  reside  for 
many  days.  We  reached  the  wharf,  and  there  in  the  bay  rode  at 
anchor  a  magnificent  clipper-built  steam  yacht,  of  about  three 
hundred  and  twenty  tons  burthen.  She  had  two  masts,  —  a  fore- 
mast with  fore-sail,  fore-top  and  forc-top-gallant  sails,  and  a 
mainmast  carrying  a  mainsail  and  fore-staff.  Her  rigging  was 
therefore  sufficient,  and  she  could  profit  by  wind  like  a  simple 
clipper ;  but  she  relied  principally  upon  her  mechanical  power. 
Her  engine  was  of  an  effective  force  of  two  hundred  and  eighty 
horse  power,  and  being  constructed  on  the  most  improved  plans, 
possessed  apparatus  for  overheating,  which  gave  its  steam  a  pow- 
erful tension.  It  was  a  high  pressure  engine,  and  produced  mo- 
tion by  a  double  screw;  "CYNTHIA"  in  large  gold  letters  war, 
brightly  conspicuous  on  the  stern.  Under  a  full  head  of  steam 
the  Cynthia  could  acquire  great  velocity,  and  Capt.  Cole  assured 
us  she  could  attain  a  speed  of  twenty  miles  an  hour.  On  the 
forecastle  we  could  see  the  shine  of  a  pivot  gun,  reflected  by  the 
sun. 

"No  knowing  what  may  happen,"  said  Capt.  Cole.     "It  is 

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CJfNTHIA..  1  1 

better  to  have  some  means  of  defense  than  be  taken  unawares  ;  we 
have  also  a  good  armory  between  decks,  with  abundance  of  small 
arms  and  amunition.  Here  comes  the  small  boat ;  we  will  go  on 
board,  then  you  can  continue  your  inspection  at  closer  quarters." 

"Isn't  she  a  beauty!"  exclaimed  Susie,  referring  to  th;; 
steamer. 

"  I  think  she  is,'*  replied  Capt.  Cole,  — but  he  was  not  looking 
at  the  ship  at  the  time  he  spoke.  "  I  am  glad  you  admire  her, 
for  I  am  very  proud  of  my  vessel." 

The  boat  touching  the  steps  at  this  moment,  we  embarked,  and 
were  quickly  rowed  to  the  ship,  and  soon  on  deck.  Everything 
was  clean  and  in  the  most  perfect  order ;  the  sailors  neatly 
dressed  and  intelligent  looking.  We  descended  directly  to  the 
main  cabin ;  this  was  large,  and  the  luxuriant  style  in  which  it 
was  fitted  was  pleasing  to  us.  Two  large  inlaid  tables  occupied 
the  centres  of  each  half ;  above  each  was  a  chandelier  of  rich 
bronze,  supplied  with  gas,  made  by  a  gas  machine  on  board  ; 
around  the  room  were  elegant  reclining  and  easy  chairs  and  two 
lounges  ;  let  into  the  wood-work  on  one  side  was  a  library,  filled 
to  repletion  with  works  by  the  best  authors  on  Science,  Poetry 
and  Fiction.  A  superior  piano,  with  a  rack  full  of  the  latest 
music,  occupied  the  rear  of  the  saloon,  under  a  skylight. 

"How  nice,"  said  Susie,  "no  necessity  of  time  dragging 
heavily  on  our  hands." 

"  I  expect  to  hear  some  excellent  singing  by  you,"  said  Capt. 
Cole.  "  I  have  been  informed  that  yon  are  a  very  good  singer, 
and  that  Jean  is  quite  a  musician,  so  yon  two  must  make  it  your 
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12  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS 

"  Now  let  me  show  you  your  cabins,"  said  Brad. 

Into  this  large  saloon  eight  smaller  cabins  opened  ;  these  were 
each  of  good  size,  and  fitted  in  the  same  luxurious  manner,  cor- 
responding with  the  large  saloon,  and  each  supplied  with  gas, 
water,  and  every  convenience  necessary  for  comfort.  They  were, 
however,  arranged  peculiarly.  Two  doors  opened  into  each  one  ; 
two  berths,  oblong  shape,  were  in  the  centre,  and  hung  at  each 
end  on  a  post  firmty  set,  sufficient  space  being  left  for  passage- 
way at  either  end.  A  woven,  nickel-plated  wire  mattrass,  bound 
with  bands  of  elastic  steel,  was  suspended  within  two  brass 
hoops,  like  a  ship's  compass,  and  heavily  weighted  to  keep  them 
in  position ;  these  moving  upon  each  other  formed  a  universal 
joint  and  thus  counteracted  the  motion  of  the  vessel. 

".No  danger  of  your  suffering  from  sea-sickness,"  said  I  to  my 
wife. 

"  That  is  a  blessing  for  which  I  am  truly  thankful,"  she  re- 
plied. 

"  If  you  feel  the  least  nausea,"  I  said,  "  you  can  lie  down  and 
immediately  recover  from  it ;  and  by  taking  short  strolls  in  the 
saloon  to  accustom  yourself  to  the  motion  of  the  vessel,  and  re- 
turning to  your  berths,  you  will  soon  be  good  sailors ;  at  night 
the  ship  ma}1  pitch  and  rock  and  you  will  not  perceive  it." 

"  There  will  be  no  need  to  enter  your  berths  if  the  motion  is 
disagreeable,"  said  Capt.  Cole,  "  as  I  have  had  four  chairs  con- 
structed, on  a  plan  similar  to  that  of  these  berths,  which  I  intend 
to  have  set  up  in  the  large  cabin ;  they  look  like  a  large  ship's 
lamp  ;  in  each  of  the  gimbals  is  a  section  swinging  on  hinges  and 
fastened  with  a  spring  catch ;  the  front  of  the  box  or  chair  part 
is  open,  but  the  back  and  sides  are  closed,  padded  and  covered 
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jeeting  from  the  sides  and  a  rest  for  the  feet,  and  I  think  you  will 
find  them  the  most  comfortable  of  easy  chairs.  You  must,  how- 
ever, keep  your  eyes  as  much  as  possible  from  surrounding  ob- 
jects, or  you  might  feel  slightly  sick." 

"Words  are  inadequate  to  express  our  thanks,  Brad,"  said  I, 
"  for  all  the  trouble  and  expense  you  have  incurred  to  protect  us 
from  that  terror  of  sea-travellers." 

Scarcely  noticing  my  remarks  Brad  continued, —  "This,  Al- 
bert, will  be  your  cabin ;  I  occupy  the  one  opposite ;  adjoining 
yours  is  Miss  Susie's  ;  opposite  Miss  Susie's  and  next  to  mine  is 
my  first  mate's.  He  is  ashore  at  present,  but  I  will  introduce 
him  to  you  when  we  meet.  Adjacent  to  his  is  Jean's,  and  the 
one  facing  Jean's  is  used  as  a  store  and  work  room." 

All  were  fitted  in  the  same  rich  manner  as  the  main  cabin; 
no  expense  had  been  spared  to  make  them  comfortable.  The 
cabins  of  Capt.  Cole  and  the  first  mate  were  not  supplied  with 
the  swinging  berths,  but  otherwise  they  did  not  differ  from  those 
to  be  occupied  by  us. 

"  I  think  I  have  a  surprise  in  store  for  }*ou,  Albert,"  said  Brad, 
after  we  had  inspected  the  state-rooms. 

"  Another?  "  said  I. 

"  Still  another,"  he  replied. 

"What  is  it?" 

"  Follow  me;"  and  leading  us  to  the  after  part  of  the  large 
saloon,  Capt.  Cole  lifted  aside  some  drapery  which  concealed  a 
door  in  a  partition  that  divided  the  large  cabin  from  the  stern. 
I  looked  into  the  room  and  was  indeed  surprised  ;  the  entire  stern 
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some  of  the  compartments.  A  complete  laboratory  with  every  fa- 
cility one  could  possibly  wish  for. 

" Brad,"  said  I,  "how  can  I  thank  you? " 

"  By  saying  nothing  about  it  in  the  way  of  thanks,"  said  he ; 
"  all  these  arrangements  have  been  made  by  Jean ;  he  is  the  one 
to  whom  the  praise  and  thanks  are  due." 

"  But  you  furnished  the  room,  let  me  express  my  gratitude  to 
you  for  that,"  I  said.  "Where  is  Jean?  I  must  tell  him  how 
pleased  I  am  for  his  though tfulness.  There  he  is  with  Susie  ;  I 
will  go  to  him." 

"Never  mind  now,"  interrupted  m}'  wife;  "they  are  busily 
engaged  in  the  library  looking  over  the  books  and  music ;  some 
other  time  will  answer  your  purpose  as  well.  You  are  very  kind," 
she  said,  turning  to  Brad. 

"  Never  mind,  for  we  have  no  time  to  discuss  that  subject  now, 
for  there  rings  the  dinner-gong ;  allow  me  to  conduct  you  to  the 
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CYNTHIA.  15 

chili,  showing  cool  understanding,  sharp  gray  eyes,  red  side 
whiskers  trimmed  close,  making  the  face  look  large  and  full ;  dark 
chestnut,  wavy  hair ;  six  feet  and  two  inches  in  height,  with  the 
chest  and  shoulders  of  a  Hercules,  of  good  form  ;  a  man  to  com- 
mand and  to  be  obeyed,  yet  not  severe ;  agreeable  in  conversa- 
tion, yet  not  talkative  ;  a  native  of  the  eastern  part  of  the  coast 
of  Maine,  he  had  been  a  sailor  from  boyhood,  and  he  became 
acquainted  with  Capt.  Cole  in  London,  England,  and  Bradford, 
finding  hi  him  a  good  and  trustworthy  friend,  had  given  him  the 
berth  of  second  commander. 

After  dinner,  Susie  tried  the  piano,  Jean  and  I  inspected  the 
laboratory  and  its  contents  to  see  if  anything  was  required  to 
make  it  complete,  and  my  wife,  Capt.  Cole,  and  Mr.  Roscoe  sat 
on  deck,  conversing  on  general  topics,  and  watching  the  vessels 
as  they  came  up  the  harbor.  At  four  o'clock  we  started  home 
arriving  there  in  about  three  hours. 

"We  have  two  weeks  for  preparation,"  I  remarked  to  them 
on  our  way  home,  "and  we  must  be  fully  prepared,  for  we 
ought  not  delay  Capt.  Cole  any  longer,  as  his  anxiety  to  follow 
up  the  clew  alread}r  obtained  toward  the  finding  of  his  father 
should  not  be  prolonged.  By  the  way ;  I  don't  know  as  I  ever 
told  you  why  he  had  directed  his  course  this  way.  Well,  durini.' 
his  last  cruise  with  his  uncle,  they  were  dealing  with  traders  in 
the  East  Indies,  and  while  cruising  among  the  Islands,  fell  in  with 
a  merchantman  from  London.  Among  the  exchanges  which  they 
made  were  some  London  papers  ;  looking  over  them,  he  saw  an 
announcement  of  his  mother's  death,  which  had  occurred  six 
months  previous  according  to  the  date  of  the  paper ;  he  was 
very  anxious  to  get  back  to  London,  so  obtaining  permission 
from  his  uncle,  he  took  passage  on  board  a  homeward-bound  vessel. 


16  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

"Iii  due  time  he  arrived  at  London,  and  immediately  repaired  to 
the  house  of  his  uncle,  where  his  mother  used  to  reside ;  he  visi- 
ted her  grave,  but  everything  that  was  necessary  had  been  done 
by  his  aunt,  who  was  his  mother's  sister.  A  will,  by  which  she 
left  some  money  and  other  effects  to  him,  was  given  to  him.  The 
will  contained  a  clause,  requesting  him  to  use  the  money  to  ascer- 
tain the  fate  of  his  father,  and  to  rescue  him  if  he  still  lived  ;  his 
mother  always  refusing  to  believe  that  he  was  dead. 

"  Among  other  documents  and  papers  left  by  his  mother,  he 
bund  an  advertisement  which  she  had  clipped  from  the  London 
Daily  Times,  and  had  pasted  to  a  sheet  of  writing  paper,  on  which 
were  various  memoranda,  showing  that  she  had  tried  to  find  the 
author  of  the  advertisement,  and  had  followed  him  to  many 
places ;  but  having  been  unsuccessful  in  meeting  him,  she  left 
the  task  to  her  son,  Captain  Bradford  Cole,  with  a  dying  request 
that  he  should  use  all  means  to  find  his  father.  The  search  for 
the  writer  of  the  advertisement  probably  hastened  the  death  of 
Brad's  mother,  as  his  aunt  said  she  was  out  in  all  kinds  of 
weather,  and  being  in  poor  health,  the  exposure,  in  addition  to 
the  worry  consequent  from  her  repeated  failures,  was  too  much 
for  her  constitution. 

' '  Brad  hastened  to  the  last  address  on  the  memorandum,  without, 
however,  much  hope  of  gaining  any  information,  as  it  was  almost 
a  year  since  it  \vas  made.  The  people  with  whom  the  writer  of 
the  advertisement  had  stopped,  told  Brad  that  the  man  had  gone 
to  Liverpool.  Brad  went  there  to  the  address  given  him,  but 
could  not  find  the  writer  of  the  advertisement ;  in  fact,  all  trace 
cf  him  was  lost  for  the  time  being,  till  one  day,  happening  to  be 
in  the  office  of  the  Cunard  Steamship  Line,  conversing  with  one 
of  the  clerks,  an  old  school  friend  of  his,  an  officer  of  one  of 


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CYNTHIA.  17 

the  steamers  just  arrived  in  port,  entered  the  office,  and  reported 
one  of  the  sailors  to  be  crossed  from  the  roll. 

' ' '  What  name  ? '  asked  the  clerk. 

"  '  John  Gagler,  com — ' 

"  '  Who  ! '    exclaimed  Brad,  interrupting  him. 

"  The  officer  repeated  the  name,  — '  John  Gagler,  common  sea- 
man.' Brad,  seeing  they  noticed  his  agitation,  explained  to 
them  that  it  was  the  man  for  whom  he  had  been  searching  for 
months.  «  Could  he  forget  that  name  ? '  It  was  before  him  al- 
ways ;  even  the  wording  of  the  advertisement  had  not  slipped  his 
memory ;  it  read  thus  : 

**  *  An  old  sailor  would  like  to  find  some  friends  or  connections  of  Capt.  Jacob 
Cole,  of  the  ship  "  Godolpha,"  foundered  at  sea  about  seventeen  years  ago. 

" '  JOHN  GAGLER,  No.  24  Hackett's  Lane." 

"  Brad  had  a  copy  of  the  advertisement  with  him,  and  showed  it 
to  the  officer  and  clerk. 

"  '  You  have  no  necessity  for  haste  to  find  him,'  said  the  officer, 
'  as  we  left  him  sick  in  the  hospital,  and  he  will  not  recover  proba- 
bly for  several  months ;  and  on  our  return  we  can  bring  him 
back  with  us.' 

' '  So  Brad  make  an  agreement  with  the  officer  to  do  so. 

"  After  the  steamer  arrived  in  New  York,  Brad  received  a  tele 
gram  from  the  officer  that  John  Gagler  had  recovered  sooner  than 
expected,  and  had  left  the  hospital. 

"  Soon  after  his  return  to  London  from  the  East  Indies,  Brad 
had  made  a  contract  for  the  building  of  the  Cynthia,  the  vessel 
we  have  visited  to-day.  It  being  nearly  completed,  he  deter- 
mined to  wait  until  it  was  finished,  and  to  sail  to  the  United  States 
in  his  own  ship,  telegraphing  to  the  officer  to  have  the  atten  iant.« 


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18  A    ROMANCE    O*'     PERFUME     LANDS. 

at  the  hospital  ascertain  where  John  Gagler  had  emigrated. 
Brad  is  now  here  in  Boston,  to  find,  if  possible,  this  man ;  from 
information  received  from  the  Superintendent  of  the  Hospital  he 
thinks  he  can,  so  we  must  do  all  in  our  power  to  further  his 
purposes.  We  sail  from  here  to  New  York,  as  Brad  wishes  to 
see  if  he  can  get  any  further  information  from  the  employes  at 
the  hospital,  than  was  telegraphed  to  him.  Thence  to  Jack- 
sonville, Florida,  and  from  there  to  a  small  town  called  Green 
Cove,  situated  twent}*  miles  from  Jacksonville,  at  which  place  he 
was  informed  that  John  Gngler  had  settled." 


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CHAPTER   III. 

PEPPERMINT    FARMS. 

ON  the  twenty-third  of  July,  1873,  all  being  in  readiness,  my 
business  left  to  the  control  of  my  father,  we  started  for  the 
ship,  —  Susie,  Jean,  my  wife  and  self. 

After  bidding  farewell  to  our  relatives  and  friends,  we  entered 
a  car  and  in  about  three  hours  were  aboard  the  Cynthia.  We 
weighed  anchor  in  the  cool  of  the  evening,  and  steaming  down 
the  harbor,  passed  the  forts  and  beacons,  and  at  midnight  we 
were  on  the  broad  Atlantic,  nothing  in  sight  save  the  bright, 
twinkling  stars  above,  and  the  dark  green,  sparkling  water  be- 
neath us.  Captain  Cole  had  had  the  new  chairs  arranged,  and 
we  of  the  land  found  them  admirable. 

The  evening  passed  pleasantly  to  all  and  we  did  not  retire  till 
very  late.  We  reached  New  York  before  eight  o'clock  next 
morning,  and  lay  here  for  Brad  to  make  his  inquiries,  and  to  pro- 
cure and  store  the  necessaries  for  a  long  voyage,  allowing  us 
time  to  make  whatever  short  excursions  we  wished.  We  made 
good  use  of  the  opportunity  thus  offered. 

The  first  day  we  visited  many  of  the  places  of  interest  in  this 
great  business  mart  of  the  New  World.  Knowing  we  had  time, 
I  determined  to  take  a  trip  to  the  town  of  White  Pigeon,  St. 


D.  S.  GAMMON, 

HAIR  CUTTER  AND  WIG  MAKER, 

E,  E  M  O  "V  B  ID    TO 

No.    6    WINTER    STREET. 

Ladies',  Gents'  and  Children's  Hair  Cutting?  the  same  as  past  year,  25  cents.  Ladies' 
and  Gents'  HAIR  WORK  of  all  kinds  manufactured  at  short  notice.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
'.  MBCNGS  made  up  at  30  cents  per  ounce.  FADED  SWITCHES  DYED  so  as  to  look  as  good 
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Internal  and  External  use.  I  thank  all  to  send  to  me  and  take  back  their 
money  in  every  case  of  failure.  Sold  everywhere.  §1.00  a  bottle.  Send  for 
PAMPHLETS  FREE.  H.  D.  FOWLE,  Chemist,  14  Central  Wharf,  Boston 
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A  LL  who  are  troubled  with  Deafness,  Catarrh,  Asthma,  Consumption,  Hay  Fever, 
f\.  Bronchitis,  Coughs,  Colds,  Nervousness,  Loss  of  Sleep,  Neuralgia,  Headache,  Dis- 
eases of  the  Liver  and  Kidneys,  Dyspepsia,  and  Affections  of  the  Lungs  and  Air  Pas- 
sages, of  no  matter  how  long  standing,  are  invited  to  a  free  trial  of  DR.  JUDGE'S  Oxy- 
Hydrogenatt-d  Air,  for  the  cure  of  those  and  kindred  diseases.  The  great  success 
which  has  attended  the  use  of  Dr.  Judges's  remedy  enables  us  to  proclaim  to  the  public 
that  we  treat  the  most  severe  case  in  every  form  of  disease,  and  ask  no  fee  until  cured. 

Pamphlets  containing  home  testimonials  and  questions  to  answer,  sent  free.  A  free 
trial  at  our  Parlors.  Consultation  by  mail  or  in  person  on  all  diseases  free.  Letters 
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2()  A    KOilAKCE    OF     PERFUME    LAXUS. 

Joseph  county,  Michigan,  where  the  principal  Peppermint  Farms 
of  America  are  situated. 

Boarding  a  small  steamer  we  had  a  delightful  sail  up  the  Hud- 
son ;  stopping  a  few  hours  at  "West  Point,  thence  to  Albany,  then 
by  rail  to  Niagara  Falls,  reaching  there  late  in  the  evening.  We 
were  obliged  to  wait  until  morning  to  view  them.  Although 
much  fatigued  with  our  ride,  we  were  up  early,  and  going  to  the 
foot  of  the  inclined  railway,  a  magnificent  spectacle  met  our  eyes. 

Leaving  here,  before  sunset  we  reached  White  Pigeon,  where 
the  sight  of  the  numerous  acres  of  peppermint  plants  was  alone 
sufficient  to  show  the  public  taste  for  this  odor,  though  strictly 
speaking,  peppermint  is  consumed  more  to  gratify  the  sense  of  taste 
ather  than  that  of  smell.  It  is  used  too  much  as  a  confection 
flavor  ever  to  become  a  favorite  as  a  perfume ;  nevertheless  a 
large  percentage  is  used  in  scenting  soaps  and  mouth  washes ; 
for  these,  however,  it  is  used  by  the  French  perfumers  more  than 
by  those  of  any  other  nation.  The  fact  is,  pure  peppermint  is  a 
more  uncommon  article  with  them  than  with  us,  so  by  a  law  of 
human  nature,  —  ever  seeking  that  which  is  most  difficult  to  ob- 
tain, —  the  European  people  esteem  it  more  of  an  odor  than  we  do. 

Seeking  the  proprietor  of  the  distillery  of  the  Otto  of  Pepper- 
mint, introducing  ourselves,  and  informing  him  of  the  object  of 
our  visit,  we  were  invited  in,  and  he  generously  devoted  a  por- 
tion of  his  time  for  our  benefit. 

He  first  described  to  us  its  growth  and  manner  of  cultivation. 

"  The  roots,"  he  said,  "  are  planted  thickly  in  rows,  between 
which  spaces  are  left  for  the  cultivator  to  pass,  great  care  being 
exercised  to  prevent  weeds  growing  among  the  plants,  thus  in- 
suring a  pure  article  of  otto.  The  fields  are  ploughed  and 
changed  once  every  five  years ;  the  fiist  year's  crop  is  generally 


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PRICE,  $5.00.  ORAL  INSTRUCTION,  $7.50. 

DRESS  PLAITING  AND  PLAITING  MACHINES  FOR  SALE. 

M,  E,  REED,  129  TREMONT  STREET,  ROOM  9  -  -   -  BOSTON, 

AGENTS  "WANTED.  General  Agent  for  Massachusetts. 

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TREATMENT  OF  THE  HAIR  AND  SCALP, 


Letters  answered  in  regard  to  restoring  the  Hair  for  $1.00.     Hair  Restorative  furnished 
If  requested. 


PEPPERMINT    FARMS.  21 

the  raost  abundant  and  purest,  and  is  raised  exclusively  for  ita 
otto,  about  seven  pounds  of  which  is  the  average  yield  for  an 
acre  of  plants.  We  usually  cut  it  during  the  latter  part  of  Au- 
gust." 

He  then  led  the  way  to  the  distillery,  and  we  were  just  in 
time  to  see  it  in  operation,  as  they  were  now  bringing  in  the 
plants  to  he  put  into  the  still. 

"These  plants  have  been  cut  about  a  week,"  he  said,  "and 
have  been  standing  in  cocks  at  night,  and  spread  during  the  day 
to  dry,  the  same  as  in  haj'-making.  If  you  will  step  this  way," 
he  continued,  as  he  opened  a  door,  "I  will  show  you  into  the 
manufactory." 

We  passed  from  the  office  into  a  large  place,  with  two  open- 
ings on  each  side,  in  which  were  two  large  hay-riggings  being 
unloaded. 

"The  loads  have  been  weighed  outside  on  scales  at  the  rear 
end  of  the  building,"  said  the  proprietor,  "  and  a  record  is  kept 
by  one  of  my  clerks  of  the  weight  of  each  load." 

The  plants  were  being  carried  to  two  large  wooden  stills  and 
packed  in.  As  one  still  was  almost  fully  charged,  we  waited 
half  an  hour,  and  the  lid  of  the  still  was  put  on,  and  steam  ad- 
mitted at  the  bottom  by  a  pipe  from  a  boiler.  When  it  was 
heated  to  about  212°  Fahrenheit,  its  aromatic  principle  went  with 
the  steam  into  the  worm  which  is  placed  in  a  cooler  to  condense 
the  otto  and  steam ;  it  then  passed  out  into  a  connected  receiver, 
where  the  otto,  as  it  floated  on  the  surface,  was  lifted  out  with 
shallow  dippers,  poured  into  conveying  vessels,  and  carried  to 
the  re-distilling  and  purifying  room,  where  it  was  distilled  again, 
then  was  taken  to  the  packing  room,  to  which  we  followed  it, 
where  were  several  men  and  girls  filling  bottles ;  the  same  kind 


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ZZ  A    ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME   LANDS. 

as  are  used  for  old  English  porter  and  stout,  they  being  the  safest 
for  transportation,  — and  labelling  them  ready  for  delivery. 

"Will  you  please  tell  us  what  use  you  make  of  the  refuse 
mint?"  Jean  asked. 

"We  place  it  in  stacks,  and  dry  it,"  replied  the  proprietor; 
then  it  becomes  tolerable  fodder  for  sheep,  and  we  sell  it  to  the 
neighboring  farmers.  The  meat  of  the  sheep  fed  on  this  refuse 
is  liked  by  a  great  many ;  for,  as  they  say,  '  it  gives  it  an  aromatic 
and  agreeable  flavor.' " 

He  also,  in  answer  to  our  many  inquiries,  informed  us  that 
"about  twenty  thousand  pounds  per  annum,  of  otto  of  pepper- 
mint are  exported  to  England  from  this  county,  New  York  state, 
and  Ohio,  where  there  are  also  extensive  Peppermint  Farms. 
This  farm  is  the  largest  in  the  country,  having  over  one  thousand 
acres  under  cultivation."  He  invited  us  outdoors  to  inspect  some 
of  the  growing  plants,  a  few  acres  of  which  had  not  as  yet  been 
gathered. 

"The  plants,  you  will  observe,"  he  remarked,  "  are  of  course 
much  larger  than  those  which  we  meet  with  in  the  fields." 

"  And  how  exhilarating  the  odor  is,"  said  Susie. 

He  gave  us  some  fine  samples,  which  were  the  first  of  our  col- 
lection, to  which  we  hoped  to  add  many  more.  Susie  classed  it 
as  Meniha  piperata,  an  aromatic,  pungent,  deciduous,  and  herba- 
ceous plant. 

As  we  were  returning  on  the  cars,  and  were  examining  a  small 
quantity  of  the  otto  which  I  had  received,  Jean  remarked,  "  that 
dried  peppermint  herb  affords  by  distillation  over  a  naked  fire  a 
greater  quantity  of  otto  than  by  steam  distillation." 

"Why  do  they  not  distil  it  always  by  direct  heat?"  asked 
Susie. 


PAT.  ARMOR 
HEEL  PLATES 

—  FOR  — 

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OR    CARPETS; 

THEY   DO    NOT   RATTLE,   OR    CATCH 
ATSTD    PULL    OFF, 

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your   Shoe   Dealer  for    Them* 


THEY  PROJECT  OVER  THE  EDGE  IN  FRONT  OF  THE  HEEL,  THOROUGHLY 
PROTECTING   IT. 

How  shabby  a.  woman  looks — if  well  dressed  otherwise  —  with  her  boot  heels  all  run 
down.  For  15  cts.  a  shoe  dealer  will  put  a  pair  of  Pat.  Armor  Heel  Plates  on  your 
boots  and  add  100  per  cent  to  their  looks  and  wear. 


EDWARD    HENSHAW, 

Manufacturer, 

48  and  52  HIGH   STREET     -----    BOSTON,  MASS. 


PEPPERMINT    FARMS.  23 

"  Because  the  otto  obtained  b}7  steam  distillation,  is  specifically 
lighter  and  of  a  brighter  color  than  that  obtained  by  a  direct  fire  , 
also,  there  is  no  danger  of  burning  the  herb  where  such  large 
quantities  are  operated  upon,  as  the  slightest  scorching  would 
spoil  the  otto,  or  give  it  an  empyreumatic  odor,"  replied  Jean. 

' '  Fresh  peppermint  herb  gives  by  steam  distillation  and  by  dis- 
tillation over  a  naked  fire  an  equal  quantity  of  otto,"  I  remarked. 

"  Yes,"  said  Jean,  "  and  dried  peppermint  herb  contains  two 
different  ottos,  possessing  different  boiling  points,  and  different 
specific  gravities.  The  otto  of  higher  specific  gravity  is  formed 
from  that  of  the  lower  specific  gravity  during  the  drying  of  the 
herb,  as  the  fresh  herb  affords  only  one  otto  of  specific  gravity 
.910." 

On  reaching  New  York,  we  forwarded  our  samples  and  speci- 
mens by  express  to  Boston,  as  we  thought  it  safer  than  to  keep 
them  in  the  ship.  "We  then  went  on  board  and  saw  Brad,  who 
informed  us  that  he  was  ready  to  start,  and  would  sail  in  the 
evening ;  we  then  repaired  to  our  cabins,  laid  aside  our  travel- 
ling clothes  and  donned  those  more  suitable  for  the  sea. 


IMPORTANT  TO  THE  AFFLICTED. 


Dr.  H.W.  LIBBEY, 

OF  CLEVELAND,  OHIO, 

Known  a«  one  of  the  most  successful  physicians  in  this  or  any  other  country  in  the  cure- 
of  all  forms  of 

CHROHIC  DISEASES. 

He  has  made  this  class  a  constant  study  for  the  past  TWENTY-EIGHT  YEAIIS,  dur- 
iug  which  time  he  has  treated  nearly  THIRTY-FOUR  THOUSAND  CASES,  many  of 
which  are  living  testimonials  of  his  wonderful  skill.  He  is  permantly  located  in  BOSTON, 
MASS.,  and  CLEVELAND,  O.,  and  is  NOT  A  TRAVELLING  PHYSFCIAN.  Most  of  his 
wonderful  cures  have  been  in  the  West.  Since  he  has  located  in  Boston  he  has  recorded 
many  similar  wonderful  cures,  with  hundreds  of  SICK  ONES  on  a  sure  road  to  PERMANENT 
HEALTH.  It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  no  man  has  left  a  bettor  impression  or  been  able  to 
draw  together  so  many  invalids  as  Dr.  LIBBEY  has  done  in  this  city,  his  patients  being 
largely  of  the  OLD  "NEW  ENGLAND  "  STOCK,  and  our  best  citizens,  showing  at  once  that 
the  man  that  cures  is  the  one  that  gets  the  practice.  His  patients  are  so  numerous  that  he  is 
obliged  to  limit  the  number  receiving  his  attention  each  day,  and  often  many  are  obliged 
to  wait  over  some  days.  His  experience  is  that  for  every  one  cured  he  gets  at  least  TEN 
NEW  PATIENTS.  Owing  to  his  extensive  practice  In  Cleveland,  he  is  obliged  to  make  a 
limited  stay  in  Boston.  He  is  at  his  parlors  at  AMERICAN  HOUSE  from  the  SOth  to 
the  30th  of  every  month.  At  other  times  he  may  be  consulted  by  letter  addressed  to 
him  at  AMERICAN  HOUSE,  BOSTON,  MASS.,  or  1294  WILSON  AVENUE,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO. 
There  is  no  class  of  old  lingering  complaints  which  he  is  not  competent  to  treat.  A  large 
proportion  of  his  cases  arc  those  that  have  baffled  the  skill  of  other  physicians  for  years. 
He  will  not  natter  yon  for  your  money,  but  will  give  a  fair,  honest  opinion  in  all  cases, 
whether  it  hurts  the  feelings  or  not.  He  does  not  charge  large  Bums  of  money  in  advance. 
He  charges  nothing  for  consultation,  unless  he  gives  a  written  diagnosis  of  your  diseases ; 
in  such  a  case  a  charge  of  ONE  DOLLAR  will  be  made.  The  Doctor  has  cured  cases  of 
twenty  and  forty  years*  standing  without  seeing  the  patient.  His  charges  are  always  rea- 
sonable, and  within  the  reach  of  all  classes.  He  can  furnish  more  references  of  remarka- 
ble cures  than  any  other  physician.  He  has  always  preferred  and  treated  cases  given  up 
as  incurable ;  this  is  the  class  of  invalids  he  feels  himself  most  competent  to  cure.  His 
remedies  are  all  NATURE'S  OWN,  being  scientifically  compounded  under  his  immediate 
direction,  from  harmless  Roots,  Herbs,  Barks,  Flowers  und  Gums.  He  uses  no  opiates, 
quinine,  iron,  or  any  deleterious  drugs,  lie  has  compounded  over  ONE  HUNDRED  REME- 
DIES, all  of  which  have  stood  the  test  for  nearly  THIRTY  YEARS  ;  they  are  reliable  remedies 
for  the  diseases  for  which  they  are  recommended,  and  not  experimental  in  the  least. 

For  references,  testimonials,  list  of  diseases  cured,  letters  confirming  examinations,  list 
of  remedies  and  prices  charged,  DON'T  FAIL  to  send  for  his  MEDICAL  PAMPHLET.  It  will 
be  sent  FREE  to  invalids  by  addressing 

DR.  H.  W.  LIBBEY, 

American  House,  Boston,  Mass., 

Or  1294  Wilson  AY.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

A    QUEER    CHARACTER. 

THE  second  day  out  from  New  York,  near  r_oon,  we  were  sit- 
ting in  the  large  saloon,  differently  engaged,  when  suddenly 
\ve  heard  on  deck  a  stamping  of  many  feet,  cheers  and  exclama- 
tions like  the  following:  "Hi  yah!"  "Whoop  la!"  "Hup 
there !  "  We  could  not  have  reached  China  yet,  but  it  sounded 
as  if  we  had  been  boarded  by  a  crowd  of  Chinese.  Brad,  Mr. 
Roscoe  and  myself  rushed  up  on  deck  to  see  what  could  cause 
such  a  commotion.  Forward,  we  saw  a  group  of  the  sailors,  seem- 
ingly watching  something  very  interesting,  for  they  did  not  notice 
our  approach.  Coming  up  behind  them  cautiously  as  we  looked 
over  their  heads,  we  saw  near  the  bow  a  short,  thick-set  man 
or  boy,  —  he  was  neither  the  one  or  the  other,  but  a  combination 
of  the  two, — with  nothing  on  as  wearing  apparel,  but  a  ragged 
shirt  and  short  pants.  He  was  coming  from  the  bow  towards  us 
at  full  speed ;  we  saw  that  in  front  of  us,  and  extending  some 
distance  towards  the  bow,  were  spread  some  old  sails  ;  just  as  he 
reached  the  edge  of  them,  he  turned  quickly  on  his  hands,  ejacu- 
lating at  the  same  time  those  same  phrases  we  had  heard  before, 
and  with  lightning-like  rapidity  turning  over  and  over  from  his 
hands  to  his  feet,  ho  had  almost  reached  within  a  few  feet  of  the 

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A    QUEER    CHARACTER.  25 

sailors  in  front  of  us,  when  with  one  immense  leap,  he  shot  up 
into  the  air  as  high  as  ten  feet,  and  turned  completely  over  and 
around,  and  came  down  lightty  and  gracefully  on  his  feet  in 
front  of  us.  Then  the  stamping  of  the  sailors'  feet  and  their 
cheering  were  renewed.  At  this  juncture  Capt.  Cole  pushed  in 
among  the  sailors  and  exclaimed,  — 

"What  is  the  meaning  of  this?  Where  is  the  officer  of  the 
watch?" 

The  sailors  dispersed,  standing  in  groups  a  short  distance 
iway.  The  g}Tnnast  stood  on  tho  sails  where  he  had  landed  from 
us  last  somersault,  grinning  comically  at  us.  The  officer  pre- 
•ented  himself  to  Capt.  Cole  who  asked  him  for  an  explanation. 

"  Aye  !  aye  !  sir  ;  this  bo}T  sir,  is  a  stowaway." 

"Why  was  he  not  brought  directly  to  me?"  asked  Capt. 
Cole. 

"Well,  sir,"  the  officer  answered,  "he  was  caught  near  the 
steward's  room,  looking  for  something  to  eat,  and  he  pleaded  so 
hard  for  food,  that  AVC  gave  him  some,  intending  then  to  take  him 
to  you.  I  asked  him  '  Where  he  wanted  to  go.'  And  he  said, '  to 
Ireland.'  When  we  told  him  we  were  not  going  there  he  seemed 
surprised.  Going  on  deck,  towards  your  cabin,"  the  officer  con- 
tinued, "to  take  him  to  3-011,  one  of  the  men  banteringly  asked 
him,  '  What  could  he  do  on  board  ship.'  The  boy  immediatel}' 
sprang  on  to  one  of  the  hauling  lines,  and  went  up,  hand  over 
hand  as  quickly  as  a  monkey,  clean  to  the  gasket,  and  then  came 
down  like  a  flash.  'Share  an  how's  that?'  he  asked.  'Bring 
on  an  ould  sail,'  he  said,  in  his  quick  sprightty  manner ;  and  sup- 
posing that  he  wanted  to  show  us  that  he  was  also  a  sail-maker, 
one  of  the  men  brought  him  one  ;  then  he  asked  for  another,  and 
we  got  it,  forgetting  in  our  curiosity  to  see  what  he  could  do,  that 


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WASHINGTON,   NEW  JERSEY. 


26  A    ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME     LANDS. 

we  were  disobej'ing  orders  in  not  bringing  him  to  you.  lie  spread 
the  sails  out  and  then  performed  something  similar  to  that  which 
you  just  now  saw  ;  then  the  men  gathering  around  cheered  him, 
and  he  repeated  it ;  I  hope  I  shall  not  forget  again,  sir,  but  we 
were  very  much  interested." 

"Enough!"  said  Capt.  Cole,  who  had  waited  patiently  until 
the  explanation  was  concluded,  u  if  anything  unusual  occurs 
again,  report  to  me  immediately  ;  now  have  the  boy  washed  and 
neatly  dressed ;  give  him  a  good  dinner,  then  after  we  have  dined, 
send  him  to  me." 

"  Aye,  aye,  sir,"  said  the  officer.  We  then  descended  to  the 
saloon,  commenting  upon  this  queer  accession  to  the  ship's  crew, 
and  related  to  my  wife  and  Susie  what  had  occured.  Soon  after, 
we  dined.  About  half  an  hour  later,  the  stranger  was  ushered 
in.  I  judged  that  he  was  about  twenty-five  years  old ;  he  was 
short  in  stature  ;  the  clothes  he  had  on  giving  him  a  comical  ap- 
pearance, as  they  were  probabty  the  property  of  some  one  of  the 
sailors,  who  was  a  foot  or  two  taller  than  he  ;  he  had  a  droll  face, 
snub  nose,  heavy  black  eyebrows,  meeting  over  the  nose,  black 
hair,  cut  too  short  to  be  called  any  length,  round  head,  and  small 
twinkling  gray  eyes." 

"  What  is  your  name?"  asked  Capt.  Cole. 

"  Patsey  Dunn,  }"er  honor." 

"  How  did  you  get  on  board,  and  where  do  you  want  to  go?  " 

"Well,  yer  honor,  }'er  must  know  that  I  was  travelling  with 
;i  circus,  way  out  West,  an'  they  busted  up  intirely,  heving  bad 
business  all  the  saj'son,  an'  be  jabers  I  hed  to  wurruk  me  waj< 
back  to  New  York,  an'  whin  I  got  there,  yer  honor,  divil  a  cint 
did  I  hev,  so  I  kep  loafing  'round  trying  to  git  sumthing  to  do, 
for  to  git  sumthing  to  ate  wid.  whin  the  evening  before  yee* 


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(CINCINNATI,   OHIO) 

Revolving  I  Adjustable  Barber  and  Dental  Chair  "Paragon," 

The  accompanying  illustration  rep- 
resents our  latest  and  entirely  new 
invention,  the  REVOLVING  BARBER 
:md  DENTAL  CHAIR.  The  frame,  of 
beautiful  design,  is  made  of  Iron  (ex- 
cepting arm-rests  and  back  frame), 
handsomely  japanned  and  embel- 
lished with  gilding.  The  superior 
advantages  in  a  Revolving  Barber  or 
Dental  Chair  are  apparent  to  every 
one  :  it  can  be  placed  in  any  position 
to  command  the  advantage  of  light  ; 
it  is  adjustable  by  a  foot  lever  (so 
popular  for  its  simplicity  in  my  other 
chairs)  in  whatever  position  the  same 
may  be  placed.  The  foot-stool  is  not 
connected  to  body  of  chair,  but  to  a 
revolving  plate  just  below,  to  this 
being  also  attached  the  hinges  hold- 
ing chair  in  position  and  by  means  of 
which  the  same  is  adjustable  to  the 
various  angles.  The  seat  can  be  ta- 
ken out  and  replaced  by  a  summer 
seat.  The  foot-stool  is  trimmed  to 
match  chair  ;  platform  covered  with 
polished  sheet  brass,  put  on  with 
lire-gilt  nails.  The  casters  facilitate  \ 
moving  about.  This  chair  run  also 
be  had  with  Improved  Adjustable 
Jlead-re&t,  price,  $4.00. 

(Patent  applied  for.) 

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Covered  in  Afoquette  (very  handsome  and  durable)..  ) 

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A    QUEER    CHARACTER.  27 

sailed,  I  was  near  this  illegant  vissil,  and  a  gintleman  and  lady 
were  talking  on  deck,  an'  I  heard  thim  say  sumthing  about  rach- 
ing  Ireland." 

"  You  must  be  mistaken,"  said  Capt.  Cole,  "we  do  not  intend 
to  go  to  Ireland  ;  an3Twa}'  not  for  the  present." 

"Perhaps,"  I  interrupted,  "as  Jean  and  Susie  were  talking 
together  on  deck,  the}'  might  have  said  something  about  reaching 
Ireland ;  if  we  found  your  father,  you  would  of  course  take  him 
to  London,  then  we  should  be  near  Ireland." 

"  Yis  sir,"  said  Patsey.  "Well,  yer  honor,  whin  I  heard  the 
name  of  me  ould  sod  spoken,  the  thought  struck  me  that  I  would 
loike  for  to  see  me  ould  muther  and  fayther  once  moore,  an'  as  I 
hed  got  disgusted  with  the  show  business,  I  thought  I  would  ship 
wid  yees.  I  axed  one  ov  the  sailors  if  ye  wantid  any  moore 
men,  an'  he  sid  '  No.'  I  hed  nary  a  cint  to  pay  me  fare,  an'  as 
the  feeling  was  still  strong  widthin  me  for  to  see  the  ould  folks, 
I  was  bound  to  go  wid  yees ;  so  watching  me  chance,  I  hid  in 
the  hould.  Shure,  an'  I  thought  I  culd  stan'  the  hunger  longer, 
but  it  were  hard,  wid  the  smell  of  all  the  nice  things  near  me,  an' 
I  hedn't  hed  a  square  male  of  vittels  for  a  week  or  moore  ;  so  I 
stole  out,  an'  wus  jist  agoing  to  git  me  hand  on  sumthing  to  stay 
me  stomach,  whin  sumthing  loike  a  strapping  big  fellow  got  his 
hand  on  me." 

"  What  shall  I  do  with  you? "  said  Capt.  Cole. 

"  An'  ye  wouldn't  be  after  punishing  a  poor  fellow  that's  got 
himself  into  a  scrape  from  the  love  to  his  ould  folks  would  yees  ?  " 
pleaded  Patsey. 

"  You  tried  to  steal  passage  in  my  ship  to  Ireland,  as  you  sup- 
posed, and  also  to  steal  my  food,"  said  Capt.  Cole,  looking 
sternly  at  him.  "  Do  you  not  think  you  deserve  it? " 


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28  A.   ROMANCE    OF     PEKFUME    LANDS. 

"1  niver  giv  it  a  thought,  yer  honor,"  replied  Patsey.  "1 
niver  was  on  a  ship  before,  excipting  whin  I  came  over  from 
Ireland  with  me  uncle,  thin  I  was  a  small,  wee  bit  of  a  gossoon  ; 
but,  yer  honor,  I  can  wurruk  an'  do  onything  fur  yees,  only  let 
me  aff  this  time,  and  yees  can  put  me  on  shore  at  onst,  or 
whiniver  ye  loikes ;  but  I  shuld  like  iver  so  much  to  go  to  ould 
Ireland,  if  yees  was  iver  expecting  to  git  there." 

"  I  must  punish  him  some  way,"  said  Capt.  Cole  aside  to  me, 
"  so  as  to  make  him  obey  in  future.  I  rather  like  the  boy,  he  is 
so  spry,  and  as  we  have  no  especial  servant  here  in  the  cabins,  I 
will  try  him  awhile  and  see  how  he  behaves." 

"You  may  go  now,"  he  said  to  Patsey,  "  and  report  to  the 
officer  of  the  watch." 

Patsey  went  out,  saying  as  he  did  so,  "  Thank  yees,  Captain," 
but  looking  rather  dubious  as  to  his  fate. 

Afterwards  we  talked  the  matter  over,  and  I  told  Brad  I  would 
engage  him  as  my  attendant,  as  he  would  be  very^  useful  to  me  to 
climb  and  gather  leaves,  flowers,  and  curiosities. 

After  a  few  moments  Captain  Cole  called  the  officer  of  the  watch, 
and  told  him  to  compel  Patsey  to  stand  on  the  head  of  a  barrel 
for  one  hour,  as  punishment.  The  officer  went  out,  but  in  less 
than  ten  minutes  one  of  the  sailors  entered,  and  said,  "  Captain, 
please  sir,  the  hofficer  of  the  watch  sent  me  to  say  that  Patsey 
was  dancing  jigs  and  'ornpipes  like  mad,  hon  the  top  of  the  barrel ; 
and  the  first  thing  we  knew,  the  'ead  broke,  and  'e  fell  into  the 
brine  water  bin  the  barrel,  — hit  was  an  hold  pork  barrel  he  was 
hon,  —  and  we  pulled  'im  hout  wet  through." 

"  Give  him  dry  clothes,  and  mast-head  him,"  said  Capt.  Cule ; 
"  make  him  stay  there  till  further  orders." 

It  was  but  a  shoit  time  before  the  man  came    in   abm),tly, 


A    QUEER    CHARACTER.  29 

and  reported  that  Patsey  was  "  'anging  by  'is  toes,  standing  on 
'is  'ands,  and  swinging  from  the  top-sail  left  to  the  back-stay, 
and  doing  various  other  capers ;  han'  'e'll  break  'is  neck,"  said 
the  man. 

"Order  him  aloft  to  the  main  truck,"  said  Capt.  Cole;  "let 
him  hang  on  there  for  half  an  hour,"  and  turning  to  me  he  said, 
"  I'll  take  tke  courage  out  of  him." 

The  man  had  not  been  gone  more  than  five  minutes,  when  in 
be  rushed,  seemingly  demoralized. 

"  What  is  the  matter  now?"  asked  the  Captain. 

"That  boy,  please  sir.  No  sooner  was  'e  hordered  to  the 
fruck  than  'e  went  hup,  han'  'ung  there  a  minute  or  two,  when  my 
hattention  was  called  to  'im  by  hexclamations  of  my  shipmates 
near  me.  I  looked  hup,  and  there  'e  was  standing  on  his  'ead 
on  the  main  truck,  with  'is  legs  pointing  hout  like  a  weather-vane, 
and  the  mast  bending  like  a  reed  hin  the  wind.  The  hofficer 
called  to  'im,  han'  now  'e  is  sitting  hon  the  truck  looking  as  hun- 
concerned'as  you  please." 

"  He  is  irrepressible,"  said  I  to  Capt.  Cole. 

"You  may  order  him  down  and  send  him  to  me,"  said  the 
Captain  to  the  man. 

"  Aye,  aye,  sir,"  was  the  response. 

In  a  few  minutes  Patsey  came  in  with  a  sly  gleam  in  his  eye  ; 
he  was  making  a  great  effort  to  look  sorry,  but  with  poor  success, 
for  it  made  him  look  droller  than  ever. 

"  What  shall  I  do  with  j-ou,  Patsey?"  asked  the  Captain. 

"  Nuthing,  plase  yer  honor,"  he  answered. 

"  You  say  yon  were  never  on  a  ship  before.  Do  you  think 
you  would  like  to  be  a  sailor?"  asked  the  Captain. 

"  Shure  an' I  wuld,  sir,"  said  he,  "only  yees  give  me  some- 


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80  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

thing  to  do,  an'  ye  won't  find  me  lazy  ;  but  I  can't  kape  still  for 
the  soul  of  me." 

"Well,  report  to  the  officer  again  and  tell  him  to  find  some- 
thing for  you  to  do.  I  think  the  steward  would  like  some  extra 
help,  and  be  careful  that  you  don't  get  into  any  more  mischief." 

From  that  day,  Patsey  was  the  pet  of  the  crew,  and  many  a 
leisure  hour  did  he  beguile  for  them,  with  songs  and  stories  ;  Le 
knew  every  step  of  all  the  dances  he  ever  saw  executed,  and 
would  go  through  with  them ;  you  could  hear  the  rattle  of  his 
feet,  making  music  for  them  during  many  a  quiet  evening.  After 
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in  handling  himself,  he  surpassed  them  all.  He  seemed  to 
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"PEACHING  Hampton  Roads,  we  anchored  off  Fortress  Moii- 
•*-l*  roe.  Brad  and  I  wishing  to  visit  this  place,  we  went  ashore 
and  made  a  tour  of  the  Fortress.  Brad  had  a  desire  to  see  so 
memorable  a  fort,  and  I  wanted  to  see  the  Virginia  Cedar  grow- 
ing, and  to  obtain  a  piece  of  the  wood,  and  a  sample  of  the  otto, 
as  there  was  a  distillery  close  by  where  the  cedar-wood  otto  was 
manufactured. 

"  This  wood  has  been  famous  since  the  da}Ts  of  Solomon,  who 
employed  it  in  the  construction  of  the  Temple,"  said  Jean, 
"  probably  to  have  the  structure  last  for  all  time,  and  protect  it 
from  ruin  by  insects,  and  according  to  Vitruvius,  a  celebrated 
architect  in  the  time  of  Augustus,  Cedria,  an  otto  or  gum  extrac- 
ted from  the  cedar,  was  smeared  over  the  leaves  of  the  papyrus 
to  prevent  the  ravages  of  insects ;  and  Pliny  states  that  the 
Egytians  applied  it  with  other  drugs  in  the  preparation  of  their 
mummies." 

"The  wood  now  and  then  finds  its  way  into  the  perfumer's 
warehouse,"  said  I ;  "  when  ground  it  does  well  to  form  a  bod}r  foi 
sachet  powders.  Strips  of  the  cedar-wood  are  sold  as  lighters, 
because  while  burning,  an  agreeable  odor  is  evolved ;  some  peo- 


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32  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

pie  use  il  also  in  chips  distributed  among  clothing  to  prevent 
moth,  though  any  perfume  will  keep  moths  away,  and  also  destroy 
them,  and  perfumes  will  also  prevent  and  arrest  mould  and  decay. 
So  long  as  the  odoriferous  qualities  are  retained  in  any  substance, 
so  long  will  it  last ;  as  soon  as  its  power  is  gone,  the  article  so 
depending  for  its  life  quickly  decays.  This  will  be  noticed  par- 
ticularly in  flowers  having  perfume,  they  keeping  so  much  longer 
after  being  picked  than  those  possessing  none  ;  perfume  seems  to 
be  their  breath  and  life.  It  is  well  known  that  an  apple  which 
has  been  filled  with  the  cloves,  by  pushing  them  into  it  and  cov- 
ering the  entire  outside,  will  last  indefinitely." 

"  I  like  the  taste  of  Extract  of  Cedar  very  much,"  said  Susie ; 
"  it  is  very  noticeable  in  the  tooth-wash  that  I  use." 

' '  But  Extract  of  Cedar  cannot  be  used  on  the  handkerchief," 
said  I  to  Susie,  "  as  it-^  crimson  color  would  make  a  stain ;  we, 
however,  compound  the  Essence  of  Cedar  from  the  otto,  which  is 
colorless.  The  '  Cedars  of  Lebanon '  are  so  familiar,  that  we  are 
obliged  to  give  that  title  to  the  essence,  though  the  true  Lebanon 
Cedar—" 

"  Do  you  mean  the  Cedrus  Lilanif  "  asked  Susie. 

"Yes,"  I  replied;  "it  yields  a  very  indifferent  otto.  Per- 
fumers could  not  afford  to  change  the  title  of  the  scent,  thougV 
they  use  the  product  of  the  Cedar  of  the  West." 

"  Do  not  say  '  Cedar  of  the  West' ;  you  should  say  Juniperttt 
Virginiana" 

"Certainly,"  I  replied,  "but  it  is  so  hard  to  say  such  brain- 
entangling  and  jaw-breaking  names  ;  I  will  leave  all  that  for  you 
and  Jean  to  do." 

"Pathologically  considered,"  said  Jean,  "  the  use  of  perfumea 
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parted  by  the  citrine  odors  to  an  invalid  is  well  known.  And  the 
occasional  sacrifice  of  incense  in  the  fever  chamber  will  prevent 
infection.  The  odors  of  plants  arc,  in  fact,  all  antiseptic." 

Patsey  stood  looking  at  Jean  with  eyes  staring  and  mouth  wide 
open. 

"Look  at  Patsey,"  I  whispered  to  Jean;  "as  for  myself,  1 
shall  have  to  cany  my  dictionary  with  me,  if  you  are  going  to 
continue  using  such  refined  language." 

"  I  will  promise  not  to  repeat  the  dose,"  said  Jean,  laughingly. 

"  Come,"  said  I,  "  the  river  steamer  starts  very  soon ;  we  shall 
have  but  time  to  get  to  the  landing." 

After  a  short,  rapid  walk,  we  reached  the  landing  and  stepped 
aboard  the  steamboat  just  as  she  was  read)'  to  start,  and  we 
sailed  up  the  "roads,"  by  the  Rip  Raps  and  New  Port  News, 
and  landing  at  a  small  settlement  we  proceeded  to  the  place  of 
manufacture  of  the  Otto  of  Cedar ;  it  is  procured  from  the  chips 
and  shavings  by  distillation.  The  manufactory  was  surrounded 
by  a  cedar  forest,  so  the  material  was  plentiful.  We  procured  a 
sample  of  the  otto  and  several  pieces  of  freshly  cut  wood,  and 
waiting  the  return  of  the  steamer,  we  embarked,  reaching  the 
Cynthia"by  sundown.  Brad,  giving  the  signal,  we  steamed  past 
the  fortress  on  our  way  to  Jacksonville,  Florida,  and  I  noticed 
we  were  making  headway  very  fast.  Brad  was  anxious  to  reach 
Jacksonville  without  loss  of  time,  so  as  to  find  John  Gagler.  To- 
wards night  the  breeze  began  to  freshen,  and  for  the  first  time 
since  starting  on  our  voyage,  we  anticipated  bad  weather.  At 
midnight  the  wind  blew  a  gale,  the  rain  came  down  in  torrents, 
the  vessel  pitched  and  rocked  fearfully,  but  she  was  well  built, 
and  rode  the  seas  like  a  thing  of  life. 

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34  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

had  cleared,  we  reached  the  St.  John's  river  and  steamed  up  to 
Jacksonville,  where  we  arrived  in  a  few  hours.  The  boat  was 
soon  lowered,  and  we  were  glad  to  put  our  feet  once  more  on 
land,  after  our  first  experience  of  a  storm  at  sea.  The  wharf  was 
crowded  with  negroes,  and  a  motley  collection  of  the  general 
class  of  loafers,  who  seem  never  to  have  anything  to  do  but 
minding  other  people's  business.  The  negroes  strove  with  each 
other  to  have  us  hire  them. 

"  I  see'd  yer  fuss,  Cappen,"  said  one. 

"  Go  way  dar !  show  yer  to  hotle,  Kunnel,"  said  another. 

"  Dis  way,  Ginnewal,"  said  a  big  fellow,  almost  lifting  me  from 
my  feet. 

Amid  the  scuffling  we  selected  the  neatest  looking  one ;  he 
brought  us  a  carriage,  which  we  entered  and  reached  the  hotel. 
After  resting  awhile  we  took  a  short  stroll,  it  being  late  in  the 
afternoon,  and  made  arrangements  for  conveyance  early  in  the 
morning  to  Green  Cove.  Brad  inquired  at  the  hotel  if  anyone 
knew  of  such  a  person  as  John  Gagler  ;  but  they  did  not.  We 
noticed  he  was  very  nervous  and  anxious,  and  no  wonder  ;  for  the 
information  he  expected  to  obtain  would  perhaps  inform  him  of 
the  fate  of  his  father,  or  would  give  him  some  clew  by.  which  he 
could  find  him. 

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t>  branch,  pursuing  some  impertinent  paroquet  or  bright-hued 
insect,  almost  scaring  our  wits  out  of  us. 

Green  Cove  appearing  in  the  distance,  our  attention  was  di- 
rected to  it ;  it  appeared  to  be  a  small,  but  pretty  place,  and  is  a 
resort  for  invalids,  who  come  here  to  drink  and  to  bathe  in  the 
waters  of  its  sulphur  springs.  Just  before  entering  the  town,  we 
passed  through  a  large  grove  of  Magnolia  Trees,  in  full  bloom ; 
the  perfume  of  the  large  white  blossoms,  soft,  pleasant  and  most 
agreeable,  had  reached  us  sometime  before  we  came  to  the  trees  ; 
but  when  in  the  midst  of  the  grove  the  perfume  was  overpower- 
ing. 

"  The  Magnolia,"  said  Jean,  "  was  named  for  Pierre  Magnol, 
Professor  of  Botany  at  Montpelier,  in  the  seventeenth  century." 

"Yes,  and  there  are  several  species  of  this  genus  of  trees  and 
shrubs,  all  of  great  beauty,  and  usually  bearing  large  fragrant 
flowers.  Patsey  show  your  skill  and  agility  by  reaching  for  me 
that  large  blossom,"  said  Susie,  pointing  as  she  spoke  to  a 
magnificent,  cream}-,  waxen  one,  swinging  temptingly  on  the  top- 
most bough  of  a  tree  directly  ahead  of  us. 

Patsey  gained  it  after  some  hard  climbing,  and  its  rare,  aro- 
matic perfume  was  delightful. 

Going  through  the  grove  we  soon  reached  the  town,  and  put 
up  at  the  Magnolia  House.  After  dinner  we  whiled  away  the 
time  in  conversation  till  the  heat  of  the  day  was  over.  Then 
Brad  and  myself  went  searching  for  John  Gagler.  "Walk 
ing  up  the  main  street,  we  took  a  turn  to  the  left,  and  pass- 
ing several  large  estates,  we  took  a  road  to  the  right,  going  ac- 
cording to  directions  obtained  at  the  hotel.  At  last  we  arrived 
at  the  house,  a  small  one,  unpainted  and  well  patched.  Our 
summons  was  answered  by  an  old  man  and  woman,  of  whom  we 


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36  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

inquired  for  John  Gagler.  Alas  for  poor  Brad !  The  old  man 
informed  us  that  he  had  left  only  the  week  before,  as  he  became 
discontented,  having  no  relations  or  particular  friends  to  associate 
with  ;  and  although  quite  an  old  man,  he  determined  to  return  to 
the  old  life  and  its  associations ;  the  sea  was  his  home ;  so  he 
went  away  with  a  captain  of  a  sailing  vessel,  who  was  visiting 
the  Springs.  This  captain  traded  between  the  Sandwich  Islands 
and  San  Francisco,  and  was  on  his  way  to  the  former  place. 

Brad  was  greatly  disappointed,  and  could  hardly  conceal  his 
chagrin,  but  being  one  of  those  to  whom  obstacles  are  but  incen- 
tives for  greater  exertions,  he  determined  to  follow  John  Gagler, 
if  it  was  to  the  ends  of  the  earth.  So,  thanking  the  people  for 
such  information  as  they  had  given,  we  hurried  back  to  the  hotel, 
and  informed  the  others  of  our  ill  success.  Expressing  their  sor- 
row they  tried  to  console  Brad,  and  make  him  forget  his  disap- 
pointment. 

Having  decided  to  take  a  bath  in  the  Sulphur  Spring, 
separate  bath-houses  for  the  convenience  of  ladies  and  gen- 
tlemen being  numerous,  we  soon  found  one  that  suited  us. 
These  baths  are  considered  very  healthful ;  and  we  were  much 
refreshed.  We  had  a  delightful  sail  by  steamer  down  the  St. 
Johns,  the  moon  shone  bright,  the  evening  air  was  cool,  and  we 
reached  Jacksonville  by  ten  o'clock,  staying  at  the  hotel  during 
the  rest  of  the  night,  then  going  on  board  the  Cynthia  in  the 
morning.  As  the  weather  looked  threatening  we  did  not  sail  till 
late  in  the  afternoon,  the  prospect  then  being  much  brighter. 

The  three  days  which  elapsed  before  we  sighted  Key  West,  were 
spent  in  reading,  experimenting,  arranging  the  shelves,  labelling 
the  bottles  for  our  expected  prizes,  and  in  the  evenings  b}7  story 
telling,  familiar  conversation  about  ourselves,  and  singing  by 


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JOHN    GAOLER.  37 

Susie  and  Jean,  together  and  separately.  This  was  the  only 
thing  that  seemed  to  make  Brad  forget  his  disappointment. 
When  Susie  sang,  he  gazed  upon  her  in  rapture.  He  often 
watched  Jean,  seeming  to  study  how  much  more  advantage  he 
had  than  himself;  a  good  singer,  a  pleasant  conversationalist, 
learned,  good  looking,  and  so  much  more  used  to  the  society  of 
ladies,  so  graceful  and  easy  ;  his  chances  looked  dubious  to  him- 
self, you  could  see  by  the  changes  in  his  face,  that  such  was  his 
opinion  ;  after  an  evening  passed  in  social  conversation,  he  seemed 
rather  to  avoid  Susie,  and  let  Jean  have  it  almost  all  his  own 
way  ;  but  it  was  a  sore  trial.  Susie  had  treated  them  both  alike  ;  but 
seeing  Brad  trying  to  avoid  her,  her  pride  was  touched,  and  she 
tried  the  more  to  please  him,  and  thought  a  great  deal  more  of 
him  than  she  probabty  did  of  Jean,  who  was  almost  constant!}" 
with  her,  in  her  walks  and  studies.  Brad  seeing  the  advantage 
he  was  gaining,  was  more  fatherly  to  her  ever}-  day,  and  she  hav- 
ing all  her  life  had  her  own  way,  thought  it  splendid  to  be  com- 
manded and  made  to  obey  and  have  some  one  to  rely  on,  and  so 
always  went  to  him  for  any  advice  she  wished.  But  Brad  could 
not  spare  the  time  to  be  much  with  her,  as  he  was  constantly  en- 
gaged in  looking  after  the  vessel  and  the  welfare  of  his  sailors, 
believing  in  making  them  comfortable  and  happy  as  the  only  true 
way  to  have  his  ship  well  taken  care  of,  and  his  orders  strictly 
obeyed. 


INTRODUCED    IN   187O. 


HAVE  STOOD  THE  TEST  OF  YEARS, 

are  still  ahead,  as  the  easiest  to  operate,  taking  less  air  than  any  other  make.     Can 
be  easily  cleaned  from  obstructions,  as  the  Atomizer  may  be  taken  apart. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 

BEAUTIFUL    TONKA. 

THE  entrance  beacon  of  Key  West  "  dowsed  its  glim"  just  aa 
the  flush  of  the  coming  morn  revealed  its  iron  cage,  suspended 
in  the  broad  space  of  waters.  We  were  up  bright  and  early  to 
catch  the  first  glimpses  of  the  Island.  We  steamed  into  the  har- 
bor, passing  Fort  Taylor,  which  commands  the  entrance,  and 
made  fast  to  the  pier.  It  was  a  fine  day,  and  like  many  in  this 
latitude,  fraught  with  cheering  influences ;  and  Nature  on  every 
side  appeared  in  her  best  aspect.  The  island  of  Key  West  is 
nearly  five  miles  in  length,  and  one  mile  in  greatest  width,  the 
town  being  situated  at  the  western  extremity,  where  the  reef  pro- 
tects a  large  and  safe  harbor.  We  proceeded  to  the  public  house, 
around  which  Coco-Palms  reared  their  crested  heads  to  the  height 
of  fifty  and  eighty  feet,  and  Banana  Plants  stood  in  splendid 
groups  in  the  gardens.  The  Banana  is  not  tree-like,  the  stem  is 
annual  in  its  growth,  the  root  being  perennial  and  permanent.  In 
one  3Tear  the  banana  grows  about  twelve  feet  high,  bears-its  one 
bunch  of  fruit,  and  dies ;  other  shoots  meantime  are  coming  up 
from  the  same  root ;  they  in  turn  bear  fruit,  each  after  a  year's 
growth.  The  flower  bud  is  purple,  and  contrasts  finely  with  the 
licli  glossy  green  of  the  leaves.  Some  of  the  handsomest  trees 


THE    AUTOPHONE    COMPANY ITHACA,  N.  Y. 

This  engraving  represents  the  instru- 
ment, and  the  mode  of  playing  it.  Re- 
quires no  skill  or  musical  knowledge, 
and  even  a  child  may  play  the  most 
difficult  pieces  without  instruction. 
We  put  this  new  musical  instrument 
on  the  market  solely  upon  its  merits, 
and  with  confidence  that  it  will  give 
complete  satisfaction.  It  is  the  inven- 
tion of  Mr.  IT.  B.  HORTON,  whose  gen- 

f    f  ;  ,•     •  •-— ^      ins  and  ability  are  well  known,  and  who 

j,v  has  heen  steadily  engaged   for    many 

•  years   in  perfecting  tlii<  instrument  in 

li^—    various  forms.       While   nearly  every 
A  person,  in  greater  or  less  degree,  is  at- 
^— ,_•  i     •  l\  tracted  and  pleased  by   music,    com- 

\  ^  '/     'iL. i^mrn^  paratively    but    few    can    master    the 

trained  ear  and  facility  of  execution 
essary  to  success.  An  instrument, 
refore,  which  requires  no  previous 
practice,  or  costly  education,  but  ena- 
bles any  one  to  play  accurately  even 
difficult  and  complicated  tunes.is  much 
to  be  desired.  Most  of  the  efforts  in 
this  direction  have  resulted  in  awk- 
ward and  complicated  inventions,  lack- 
ing both  simplicity  and  economy,  and 
giving  very  imperfect  results.  The  AUTOPHONE  will  be  found  to  accomplish  the  desired 
purpose,  and  having  been  thoroughly  tested,  may  be  safely  trusted  to  win  its  own  way  to 
public  favor. 

It  is  simple  in  its  construction,  not  liable  to  get  out  of  order  and  easily  managed.  Can 
be  played  by  a  child  six  years  old.  Will  furnish  amusement  to  all.  It  contains  twenty- 
two  notes  and  plays  in  three  different  keys.  It  is  tuned  so  that  it  is  a  good  accompaniment 
to  the  voice.  The  workmanship  is  of  the  best  quality,  the  wood  being  black  walnut,  fin- 
ished in  good  style.  We  invite  comparison  in  regard' to  its  musical  as  wel"  as  mechanical 
execution.  It  is  truly  wonderful  what  a  scope  and  with  what  prevision  it  executes.  It 
is  one  of  the  kind  mat  speaks  for  itself,  and  need  only  to  be  seen  audheard  to  be  appre- 
ciated. We  quote  from  the  Scientific  American,  Nov.  19, 1879 :  — 

"  The  most  remarkable  feature  of  this  invention  in  the  regularity  and  perfection  with 
which  the  music  is  rendered.  All  of  the  parts  are  played,  and  the  music  is  of  no  mean 
order." 

It  is  securely  packed  and  sent  by  express  on  receipt  of  price.  Weight  when  boxed,  five 
pounds.  Both  have  attachments  for  holding  cards  with  words  of  songs,  which  will  be  sent 
postpaid  for  $1.00  per  100. 

Price,  Style  A,  $5  00  with  5  tunes,  amounting  to  70  cents. 

»     B,$7.00 

Style  B  has  the  same  number  of  notes  as  style  A,  but  has  rounded  edges,  handsomer 
finish  and  nickel  mountings.  Extra  Music  sent  by  mail,  postpaid,  on  receipt  of  price  ae 
per  catalogue.  Price  with  music,  $5.00. 

DIRECTIONS    FOR   PLAYING. 

Hold  the  instrument  in  the  right  hand,  with  the  thumb  resting  in  the  hollowed  centre 
piece;  grasp  the  outside  of  the  bellows  with  the  ends  of  the  finacrs,  and  work  the  bellows 
with  a  regular  motion,  as  the  instrument  will  beat  its  oicn  time.  Give  the  bellows  full 
expansion.  Place  the  music  in  so  that  the  end  with  the  name  printed  on  it  will  be  first, 
and  also  will  read  corectly  to  the  person  holding  the  instrument.  Be  sure  to  place  it  in 
straight,  so  that  the  "  feed  "  is  even.  Be  careful  to  leave  the  back  side  of  bellows  free.  If 
you  wish  to  repeat  the  tune,  draw  it  back. 
Send  for  catalogue  of  music  to 

A.  D.  SMITH,  SOLE  AGENT, 

197  TBEMONT  STREET,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


BEAUTIFUL   TONKA.  39 

of  this  garden,  which  attracted  our  attention,  were  the  date-palm 
and  oleanders,  the  latter  being  covered  with  a  wealth  of  gay  blos- 
soms, and  growing  fifteen  to  twent}"  feet  high.  Vines  and  flower- 
ing plants  climbed  and  hung  gracefully  over  the  walls.  One  of  the 
most  prolific  in  growth  and  perfume,  is  the  Night  Blooming  Ce- 
reus,  a 'native  plant,  growing  luxuriantly  upon  trees  and  houses, 
fastening  itself  readily  upon  brick  or  wood  by  rootlets  at  each 
joint  as  they  put  forth  their  shoots.  In  our  walks  in  the  evening 
we  saw  houses  and  trees  loaded  with  the  great  cups  of  this  elegant 
plant,  its  waxen  flowers  of  exquisite  form,  and  the  sepals  of  the 
calyx  of  a  pale  golden  hue  surrounding  the  intensel}'  white  petals 
like  a  halo.  The  air,  made  balmy  ~by  its  perfume,  the  soft  moon- 
light, the  sweet  whistling  of  the  orioles,  the  gentle  breeze  stirring 
the  great  leaves  of  the  coco-palms,  that  rasped  together,  giving 
forth  a  sound  like  a  gentle  fall  of  rain,  filled  our  hearts  with  a 
feeling  of  repose  and  freedom  from  all  care. 

The  next  morning,  we  were  all  ready  for  an  excursion  along 
the  shores  of  the  islands,  which  we  had  planned  the  day 
before.  The  rich  azure  of  the  sky  was  heightened  to  wondrous 
beauty  by  the  moving  volumes  of  clay  clouds,  and  the  now  quiet 
sea  mirrored  the  scene,  adding  deeper  touches  of  olive  and 
brown  where  the  reef  came  nearest  to  the  surface. 

"Just  the  weather  to  view  the  many  wonders  of  the  deep," 
said  Jean,  looking  with  admiration  at  the  beautiful  sight. 

Proceeding  to  the  South  Beach,  we  entered  one  of  the  ship's 
boats  sent  to  meet  us.  The  water  was  clear  as  crystal ;  it  was 
so  transparent  that  the  boat  seemed  suspended  in  air.  The  tufts 
of  pink  and  white  coral  that  studded  the  bed  of  the  ocean  beneath, 
were  as  distinct  as  if  the}-  were  growing  at  our  feet.  We  seemed 
to  be  gazing  down  upon  a  beautiful  garden,  — the  various  colored 


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Page  35. 


40  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

corals  intermingling  with  the  most  delicate  and  brilliant-hued 
algae  and  mossy  sea-weeds,  exquisite  in  form,  simulating  the 
daisies  and  ferns  of  the  forest,  —  deepened  the  impression. 

Jean,  having  engaged  a  diver,  with  his  boat  and  mate,  they  fol- 
lowed closely  behind,  ready  at  any  moment  to  procure  us  speci- 
mens of  these  beautiful  forms.  Sea  Fans  and  Sea  Feathers, 
Brain,  Star  and  Branch  Coral,  they  brought  to  the  surface.  We 
watched  the  fishes,  the  Malthea,  the  Bellows  Fish,  and  Porcupine 
Fishes,  besides  many  others.  It  was  a  vast  natural  aquarium. 
As  we  were  returning  and  passing  near  some  rocks,  my  wife 
asked,  — 

"What  is  that  man  gathering  ?"  pointing  to  a  diver  just  dis- 
tinguishable beneath  the  water  between  two  large  rocks. 

We  all  turned  and  saw  him  pulling  from  the  rocks  what  ap- 
peared to  be  bunches  of  moss. 

"  He  is  pulling  sponge,"  said  Jean. 

Brad  ordered  the  sailors  to  pull  nearer,  then  we  saw  growing 
sponges  of  all  shapes,  pediculated,  foliated,  globular  and  digi- 
tal. 

"  They  certainly  justify  the  names  that  the  natives  give  them," 
said  Jean,  "  such  as  baskets,  cups,  distaffs,  elk's-horns,  lion's-feet, 
peacock's- tails,  Neptune's-gloves,  and  various  others.  You  will 
notice  a  black  membraneous  tunic  covers  them,  making  them,  un- 
like most  other  marine  objects,  less  attractive  in  their  living 
state  ;  only  when  the  soft  parts  are  removed  are  they  pleasing  to 
the  eye." 

"  What !    Are  sponges  alive  ?  "   asked  my  wife. 

"Yes,  when  attached  to  the  rocks  they  form  on,"  said  Jean; 
"  that  tunic  and  the  soft  jelly-like  portions  that  you  see  project- 
ing into  the  pores  and  cavities,  may  be  called  its  flesh  or  body ; 


BEAUTIFUL    TONKA.  41 

the  slight  current  you  observe  over  the  openings  is  the  water 
which  is  drawn  through  them,  from  which  nourishment  is  ab- 
sorbed. The  framework  is  made  up  of  silica,  in  the  form  of 
spiculae  or  splinters." 

"  Animal  mucus  and  fat  oil  are  found  in  their  analysis,"  said 
I.  "To  remove  the  soft  parts  this  diver  will  bury  them  in  the 
sand  until  the  matter  which  forms  the  flesh  decomposes,  then  they 
are  washed,  collected  upon  strings  of  convenient  length,  and 
bleached  in  the  sun.  When  we  buy  them  at  home  they  are  fall 
of  sand,  and  in  that  state  it  is  the  best  way  to  purchase  them ; 
then  afterwards  beat  out  the  sand  with  a  stick,  and  rinse  them 
well  in  cold  spring  water.  Nothing  is  better  adapted  for  cleans- 
ing the  skin  than  a  good  sponge  thus  prepared ;  hence,  surgeons 
prefer  it  to  any  other  material." 

"  In  the  regular  way  of  using  a  sponge  with  soap  for  washing," 
said  Jean,  "  they  rapidly  become  greasy  and  are  then  frequently 
thrown  aside  before  half  worn  out.  The  peculiar  cellular,  fibrous 
tissue  of  sponge  enables  it  to  decompose  soap,  retaining  the 
grease  and  oil,  which  renders  it  slimy  ;  when  such  is  the  case,  a 
little  ammonia  in  water  will  cleanse  them  ;  if  this  is  not  effective 
a  lye  of  soda  should  be  prepared,  in  the  proportion  of  half  a 
pound  of  soda  to  half  a  gallon  of  water,  and  the  sponge  allowed 
to  soak  in  it  for  twenty-four  hours  ;  it  should  then  be  washed  and 
well  rinsed  in  spring  water,  and  afterwards  in  water  containing 
a  small  quantity  of  muriatic  acid  ;  about  a  wine-glassful  of  acid  to 
half  a  gallon  of  water  being  strong  enough ;  finally,  rinse  the 
sponge  in  plenty  of  spring  water." 

"  That  is  a  great  deal  of  trouble,"  said  my  wife. 

"  The  best  sponges  being  very  expensive  renders  it  fully  worth 
it,"  I  replied. 


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42  A    ROMANCE    OP     PERFUME    LANDS. 

"  If  the  trouble  be  taken  to  well  rinse  a  sponge  e\  ery  time  after 
using,  as  I  do,"  said  Susie,  "the  cleansing  process  will  never 
be  necessary." 

"We  had  by  this  time  reached  the  beach ;  stepping  out,  we  se- 
lected the  best  specimens  the  divers'  boat  contained,  and  had 
them  taken  on  board  the  Cynthia,  with  a  quantity  of  pure  white 
coral,  which  Jean  intended  to  pulverize  in  his  mortar  and  use  as 
tooth  powder,  it  being  highly  recommended  by  some  of  the  best 
authorities  on  the  preservation  of  teeth. 

We  returned  to  the  hotel,  and  the  boat's  crew  pulled  back  to 
the  ship.  We  passed  the  warmest  part  of  the  day  in  lounging  on 
the  piazzas  and  sauntering  under  the  trees  ;  late  in  the  afternoon 
we  strolled  through  the  town,  and  saw  many  beautifully  arranged 
gardens  and  estates.  The  next  day  we  made  a  visit  to  a  friend 
of  the  proprietor  of  the  hotel.  On  this  gentleman's  estates  were 
large  numbers  of  Tonka  Trees,  which  we  wished  to  see.  Arriving 
at  the  residence,  we  were  hospitably  received  and  shown  over  the 
grounds.  The  seeds  of  the  Tonka  Tree,  or  as  Susie,  in  her  scien- 
tific dialect  called  it,  the  Dipterix  odorata,  are  the  Tonka  or 
Coumarouma  Beans  of  commerce.  When  fresh  they  are  exceed- 
ingly fragrant,  having  an  intense  odor  of  new  made  ha}-,  and  the 
Anthoxanthum  odoratum,  or  the  sweet  smelling  vernal  grass,  as 
Susie  told  us,  to  which  new  mown  hay  owes  its  odor,  probably 
yields  the  same  fragrant  principle ;  and  it  is  remarkable  that  both 
Tonka  Beans  and  Vernal  Grass  while  actually  growing,  are 
nearly  scentless,  but  become  rapidly  aromatic  when  severed  from 
the  parent  stock.  Under  the  trees  we  picked  up  many  of  the 
seeds.  They  are  about  an  inch  long,  shiny  black  on  the  out- 
side, and  light  brown  within,  and  exhaling  a  very  strong  perfume 
when  broken. 


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Motor  we  wish  to  call  especial  attention  to  its  peculiar  claims  for  running  a  family  sewing 
machine.  The  direct  and  close  application  of  the  water  and  small  amount  required  allow 

Hie  Motor  to  be  connected  di- 
rectly to  the  faucet  already  set  in 
the  house,  thus  saving  the  ex- 
pense of  plumbing,  which  is  no 
inconsiderable  item.  This,  with 
the  fact  that  the  size  commonly 
used  for  this  purpose  is  of  con- 
venient construction  to  be  used 
in  the  ordinary  cabinet  set  bowl, 
or  even  an  iron  sink,  and  can  be 
readily  attached  and  detached, 
together  with  iU  unprecedented 
low  price,  places  it  within  the 
P  reach  of  every  mother,  wife,  or 
sewing  woman  who  wishes  to  be 
relieved  of  the  labor  of  running  a  sewing  machine  by  foot  power. 

It  needs  no  argument  to  prove  to  any  thinking  man  that  such  a  motor  will  meet  with  a 
wide  sale  so  soon  as  it  shall  become  generally  known. 

In  order  to  insure  the  speedy  introduction  of  this  motor  a«  widely  as  possible,  an  incor- 
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begun  on  a  scale  commensurate  with  the  expected  demands. 
All  are  invited  to  call  and  see  it  in  operation  at  the 


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BEAUTIFUL   TONKA.  43 

We  noticed  something  very  curious  in  connection  with  these 
U'ans,  on  equally  dividing  one  perpendicularly ;  at  the  lower  part 
of  the  bean,  that  part  where  it  was  attached  to  the  branch,  is  a  tin}' 
hand,  showing  the  fingers  perfectly,  and  a  small  part  of  the  arm, 
seemingly  encircled  by  a  bracelet.  The  gentleman  related  to  us 
a  legend  told  to  him  by  his  old  nurse,  who  said  it  had  been 
handed  down  from  generation  to  generation  from  the  Indian 
natives,  about  this  peculiar  fact.  On  our  return  to  the  ship  Jean 
put  the  legend  into  verse,  and  as  it  interested  us  at  the  tune,  we 
insert  it  here,  hoping  others  will  be  as  well  pleased  by  its  peru- 
sal as  we  were. 


THE  LEGEND  OF  BEAUTIFUL  TONKA. 

In  a  fair  land,  a  sunny  clime, 
Tis  said  that "  once  upon  a  time," 

(Thus  all  good  legends,  old  and  new  begin,) 
There  lived  a  princess,  lovely,  young, 
Beleaguered  by  a  princely  throng, 

That  fondly  hoped  her  heart  and  hand  to  win. 

More  fair  and  beauteous  she  became, 

Until  she  did  all  hearts  inflame ; 
None  could  resist  her  beauty  so  bewitching. 

Besides  the  princes  of  her  nation, 

Many  there  were  of  lower  station, 
Who  for  her  hand  were  sighing,  often  fighting. 

Yet  still  she  chose  not  any  one, 
But  tired  at  last,— all  patience  gone, 

She  sent  her  lovers  all  a  proclamation ; 

That  soon  a  trial  would  take  place, 
Needing  much  courage,  skill  and  grace ; 

And  warned  them  all  to  make  full  preparation. 


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44  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

Now  they  in  manly  vigor  prime , 
The  islands  of  a  southern  clime 

Inhabited,  and  sported  in  the  waves, 

Played  in  the  surf,  and  boldly  fought 
With  dread  man-eater  sharks,  or  aught 

That  ventured  forth  from  out  their  ocean  caves. 


She  promised  him  her  heart  and  hand, 
Who,  in  a  race  ten  miles  from  land 

Would  swim,  and  win,  and  make  a  safe  returu,  — 
She  would  be  his  with  all  her  beauty, 
With  all  her  love  and  all  her  duty; 

For  SUCH  a  BRAVE  alone  her  heart  could  yearn. 


Upon  the  day  which  was  appointed, 
With  limbs  all  bare  and  well  anointed, 

Five  hundred  brave  contestants  lined  the  shore. 
And  throngs  there  came  the  race  to  view. 
With  trembling  hearts,  for  well  they  knew, 

Most  of  those  brave  ones  would  return  no  more. 


For  in  their  course  there  lay  in  wait, 
To  whelm  them  in  a  dreadful  fate, 

The  huge  man-eating  sharks  that  swarm  those 
So  each  must  swim  and  fiercely  fight, 
With  sharks  to  left  and  sharks  to  right, 

A  ad  conquer  all,  his  lady-love  to  please. 


Upon  a  lofty  cliff  hard  by, 

While  fiendish  glee  looked  from  her  eye, 
The  princess  on  a  downy  couch  was  lying. 

Already  in  her  mind  she  views 

The  victims  of  her  wicked  ruse, 
Exhausted,  mangled,  bleeding,  sinking,  dying. 


Each  lover  then  before  her  passed, 
A  wistful  look  upon  her  cast, 
And  bowed  his  head  low,  even  to  the  ground. 


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BEAUTIFUL     TONKA.  45 

Then  on  the  beach  they  stood  apart, 
Waiting  the  signal  for  the  start, 
Each  muscle  strained  and  ready  for  the  bound. 


And  now  the  signal  conch  was  sounded, 

And  quick  each  manly  swimmer  bounded 
Into  the  surf,  and  dashed  aside  the  wave. 

The  crowd  looked  on  with  bated  breath, 

As,  to  the  very  jaws  of  death, 
They  swiftly  swam  to  find  a  common  grave. 


Ah  I  Now  the  struggle  did  begin, 

Each  striving  manfully  to  win, 
Battled  with  waves  and  sharks  that  round  did  hover. 

With  mingled  blood  the  sea  was  red; 

Soon  the  last  mangled  swimmer  dead; 
And  now  the  wily  maiden  had  no  lover. 


The  crowd  that  watched  upon  the  shore, ' 
Gave  a  deep  groan  like  ocean's  roar, 

And  vowed  revenge  upon  the  treacherous  maid. 
They  all  cried  out  as  with  one  breath, 
That,  for  their  comrades'  awful  death, 

Her  life  alone  should  be  the  forfeit  paid. 


Well  now  she  knew  what  was  her  fate, 
She  rose  in  haste  with  eyes  dilate, 

And  headlong  cast  herself  into  the  sea. 

Her  voice  was  heard  upon  the  strand,  — 
"I  go  to  give  to  each  my  hand; 

Those  brave  ones  all,  shall  eacli  my  lover  be." 


Years  having  passed,  the  rolling  tide 
From  off  that  dreadful  spot  had  dried; 

When  from  the  soil  a  shoot  sprang  forth,  and  grew 
Into  a  beauteous  tree  and  bloomed, 
Its  fruit  full  richly  was  perfumed ; 

Tree,  bloom  and  fruit  were  very  fair  to  view. 


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46  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

And  children  played  within  its  shade : 
One  day  a  tiny  little  maid, 

In  joyous  sport  broke  ope  the  nut-brown  shell; 
When  lo  1  before  her  enraptured  eyes, 
To  her  great  wonder  and  surprise, 

Into  her  hand  a  tinier  hand  there  fell. 

Go  now,  behold !  this  wondrous  tree  I 
And  pluck  its  perfumed  fruit,  and  see 

That  in  each  seed  a  maiden's  hand  there  lies. 
"Tis  for  the  swimmer  bold,  who  died, 
And  perished  in  that  bloody  tide, 

A  maiden's  hand  to  gain;  that  tempting  prize. 

'Tis  thus  we  find  the  Tonka  tree, 
Sprang  from  a  maid  beneath  the  sea; 

Tonka,  her  name,  means  "  fairest  in  the  land." 
Redeemed,  the  maiden's  pledge  she  gave, 
The  while  she  sank  beneath  the  wave,  — 

"  1  go  to  give  my  lovers,  each,  my  hand." 


"  Chemically  considered,"  said  Jean,  "  Tonka  Beans  are  very 
interesting,  containing  when  fresh,  a  fragrant  otto,  to  which  their 
odor  is  due ;  benzoic  acid,  a  fat  oil,  and  a  neutral  principle, 
coumarin." 

"  In  perfumery  they  are  valuable,"  said  I,  "as  when  ground 
they  form,  with  other  bodies,  excellent  and  permanent  sachets, 
and  by  infusion  in  absolute  alcohol  an  extract  is  obtained  which 
enters  into  many  of  the  compound  perfumes  or  bouquets  ;  but  on 
account  of  its  strength  it  must  be  used  with  caution,  otherwise 
the  perfume  will  be  called  snuffy,  owing  to  the  predominance  of 
that  odor  and  its  habitual  use  in  the  boxes  of  those  who  indulge 
in  that  brain  destroying  tobacco  dust,  called  snuff." 

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BEAUTIFUL    TONKA.  47 

would  make  no  price,  and  generously  forced  upon  us  a  large 
number  of  them. 

Much  pleased  with  our  visit,  we  returned  to  the  hotel,  dined, 
and  proceeded  on  board,  though  quite  reluctant  to  leave  so  pleas- 
ant a  place.  About  four  o'clock  we  steamed  away,  all  sitting  on 
deck,  gazing  long  at  the  luxuriant  shores  of  Key  West,  fast  fading 
from  our  sight.  At  dark  we  wore  heading  in  the  direction  of 
New  Orleans.  We  should  have  sailed  directly  for  the  Sandwich 
Islands,  but  Brad  said  he  had  time  to  spare,  as  the  ship  in  which 
John  Gagler  had  gone  would  not  reach  there  for  some  time,  being 
only  a  sailing  vessel,  and  that  by  putting  on  a  good  head  of 
steam  we  would  reach  the  Islands  as  soon  as  they ;  so  the  time 
might  as  well  be  utilized  here,  as  to  waste  it  there  waiting  for 
John  Gagler  to  put  in  an  appearance ;  and  as  there  was  no 
chance  of  meeting  him  on  the  high  seas,  it  would  be  better  to 
wait  patiently,  give  him  time  to  reach  his  destination,  and  then 
catch  him  on  shore.  So  Brad  took  this  course  to  particularly 
oblige  us,  and  allow  us  all  the  time  required  to  observe  what  we 
wished. 


CHAPTER    VII. 

SOUTHERN    FKIENDS. 

AFTER  six  days'  sailing  from  Key  West,  here  our  good  ship 
lays  at  the  levee  of  New  Orleans,  and  we  are  preparing  to 
disembark  to  see  all  that  is  worth  seeing.  Passing  up  Canal 
street,  going  by  the  United  States  Custom  House,  the  St.  Charles 
Hotel,  and  several  other  places  of  note,  we  obtained  information 
in  regard  to  the  whereabouts  of  a  Sassafras  distillery,  and  this  we 
soon  found.  The  Otto  of  Sassafras  comes  from  the  bark  and 
wood  of  the  Laurus  Sassafras,  which  grows  abundantly  in  the 
Southern  States ;  the  otto  is  procured  by  distillation  with  water 
and  the  bark,  and  yields  a  great  quantity.  Perfumers  use  it 
in  the  manufacture  of  hair  washes  and  other  articles,  but  it  has 
rather  a  "physick}7"  than  a  flowery  smell.  It  is  used  more  by 
confectioners  as  a  flavoring  for  lozenges  and  candies,  than  by 
perfumers  as  an  odor.  It  is,  however,  extensively  used  in  soap- 
making. 

What  we  especially  wished  to  see  at  this  place,  was  the  man- 
ufacture of  Cotton  Seed,  Peanut,  Benne,  and  Castor  Oils. 
These  being  vegetable  oils,  they  are  much  better  for  use  on  the 
hair  than  animal  oils  or  fats,  as  they  do  not  possess  so  much 
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SOUTHERN   FRIENDS.  49 

off  of  the  hair,  produced  in  many  cases  simply  by  using  pomades 
made  of  lard.  Bears  Grease  has  somehow  obtained  a  high  repu- 
tation, but  of  all  the  unpleasant  smelling  substances  ever  known, 
it  is  the  most  nauseous.  Pure  bears  grease  is  totally  unfit  for  a 
hair  dressing ;  a  little  added  to  beef  body  is  beneficial  for  its  heal- 
ing qualities,  but  all  it  is  fitted  for,  is  a  salve  ;  for  that  it  answers 
admirabby,  especially  for  frozen  limbs.  As  oiling  and  greasing  the 
hair  is  a  custom  almost  universal  among  the  inhabitants  of  civilized 
and  uncivilized  countries,  it  is  well  to  know  what  oil  is  the  best. 
Oiling  the  hair,  besides  promoting  its  growth,  making  it  soft  and 
glossy,  and  keeping  it  in  place,  has  the  infinite  benefit  of  render- 
ing it  "  uninhabitable,"  a  consideration  too  often  neglected  in 
schools  and  similar  institutions  where  children  most  do  congre- 
gate. There  are  oil  glands  on  the  scalp,  but  their  power  of  se- 
cretion is  very  slight,  except  in  a  few  rare  instances ;  in  these 
cases  the  hair  is  said  to  be  naturally  moist  and  soft.  The  general 
rule  is  that  the  hair  grows  harsh  and  dry  for  lack  of  natural  oily 
secretion,  hence  the  instinctive  application  of  an  artificial  oil,  a 
practice  hallowed  by  its  ancient  custom,  and  sanctioned  as 
"  necessary "  from  the  Court  beauty,  to  the  Belle  of  equatorial 
Africa. 

Baldness  is  very  frequent  at  the  present  time,  and  may  be  at- 
tributed in  many  cases  to  the  habit  of  using  very  close  and  tight 
fitting  coverings  on  the  head,  wearing  them  indoors  as  well  as  in 
the  open  air.  We  have  known  many  cases  of  baldness  in  quite 
young  persons  from  this  habit.  Many  are  accustomed  to  wetting 
their  hair  with  cold  water,  and  never  using  oils  of  any  kind  ;  now 
the  secondary  condition  of  cold  is  heat,  and  the  cold  water  being 
applied,  and  the  head  covered  with  a  close  fitting  hat,  the  tem- 
perature of  the  head  is  greatly  increased  ;  hair  resists  decay  in  a 


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(Litu  gcjdjirfter  amevifanifd?et  Ucbevje(;ev  -.rirb  gefudit!) 


50  A    ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

remarkable  degree ;  it  resists  the  action  of  acids  and  alkalies, 
except  the  strongest  which  dissolve  it ;  it  however  will  not  resist 
boiling  water,  continued  for  a  long  time  ;  the  temperature,  under 
the  close  fitting  hat,  will  be  found  equal  to  that  of  boiling  water, 
consequently  the  hair  is  soon  destroyed  and  falls  off.  It  seems 
almost  necessary  to  use  some  kind  of  a  dressing  for  the  hair,  and 
a  little  nice  oil  tends  greatly  to  its  growth. 

If  there  are  those  who  dislike  to  use  oils,  and  wish  to  have 
their  hair  glossy  and  smooth,  a  better  way  than  wetting  it  with 
water,  is  to  frequently  brush  it  with  a  stiff  bristle,  or  a  wire  hair 
brush,  and  to  continue  so  doing,  until  after  awhile  they  will  find 
their  hair  contains  moisture  enough  of  its  own  secreting  to  answer 
for  dressing  it. 

I  remember  quite  a  laughable  incident  in  regard  to  the  habit 
of  constantly  wearing  a  hat,  which,  I  before  remarked,  causes  a 
great  many  cases  of  premature  baldness.  A  salesman  in  one  of 
I  he  country  stores  of  our  most  Eastern  State,  wore  his  hat  from 
the  minute  he  arose  from  his  breakfast,  till  night,  taking  it  off 
onl}T  at  dinner  and  supper  time.  Slowly  but  surely  the  hair  kept 
falling  and  wearing  away,  until  at  thirty-five  there  was  hardly 'a 
hair  to  be  seen  on  his  head,  except  below  the  rim  of  his  hat. 
One  day,  he  went  to  a  neighboring  city  on  business,  and  to  purchase 
himself  a  tall  hat,  for  which  he  had  long  been  denying  himself 
many  little  luxuries,  and  thereby  saving  his  mono}'.  Having  de- 
termined he  would  possess  the  most  st}-lish  hat  and  the  finest  that 
was  ever  seen  in  his  village,  he  hunted  the  city  through,  and 
came  homeward  well  satisfied  with  his  purchase.  For  style  and 
gloss,  there  had  probably  never  been  seen  such  a  beaver  in  town  ; 
and  no  doubt  he  was  thinking  to  himself  how  envious  would  be 
the  gaze  of  other  fellows,  when  they  saw  how  he  had  "  come  out." 


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Misfortune,  however,  overtook  him  before  he  reached  his  home. 
Crossing  the  river  which  separated  the  city  from  his  native  place, 
on  one  of  the  primitive  ferries  of  those  regions,  the  wind  rose  to 
a  gale  and  made  love  to  his  hat  and  carried  it  from  his  head,  and 
placed  it  on  the  bosom  of  the  waters,  which  graciously  received 
it,  and  bore  it  beyond  his  reach.  It  sailed  majestically  onward, 
mockingly  rising  on  each  wave  which  took  off  his  hat  to  bow 
good-bye  to  him  as  it  receded ;  he  saw  it  floating  down  the  river, 
and  at  last  the  distance  was  so  great  it  was  lost  to  view ;  but  to 
him  it  was  to  memory  dear  and  pocket  too.  His  wrath  knew  no 
bounds  ;  and  then  and  there  he  took  an  oath  that  from  that  time 
henceforth  he  would  never  wear  another  hat,  or  in  fact  any  cov- 
ering for  his  head,  and  he  kept  his  oath,  for  in  rain  or  shine  he  was 
always  to  be  seen  bare-headed.  His  hair  began  to  grow  ;  unno- 
ticed at  first,  but  at  last  it  covered  his  formerly  bald  head  in 
profusion.  He  now  never  mentions  that  beaver  hat,  but  to  praise 
it. 

We  are,  however,  at  the  door  of  the  factory,  and  must  not 
waste  time  telling  stories.  We  entered  the  office,  as  usual 
introducing  ourselves.  It  was  the  counting-room  of  the  manu- 
factory, and  several  clerks  stationed  at  desks  in  different  parts 
of  the  room  looked  up  as  we  entered.  Addressing  myself  to 
an  elderly  gentleman,  I  stated  our  object,  and  with  the  natural 
hospitality  of  the  Southern  people  he  cordially  received  us. 

"No  trouble  whatever,  my  dear  sir,"  said  he.  "We  are 
always  glad  to  show  our  works  to  anyone  who  shows  any  in- 
terest in  their  operation.  Mr.  Atherton,  show  these  ladies  and 
gentlemen  through  the  factory." 

This  was  addressed  to  a  middle-aged  gentleman,  very  short 
and  fat,  with  a  pleasant  face,  who  stood  near  him. 


FEMALE  WEAKNESSES, 

Fits,  Hysterics,  Prolapsus  and  Lost  Physical 
Powers. 


CHRONIC  RHEUMATISM, 

Neuralgia,    Sciatica,    Lumbago,    Paralysis, 
Kidney  Complaints, 


52  A    ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

"Many  thanks,"  said  I,  "but  do  not  let  us  take  him  from 
other  business." 

"  This  is  my  Superintendent,  Mr.  Atherton,  ladies  and  gentle- 
men," said  the  elderly  gentleman,  taking  no  notice  of  my  remark. 
"  He  is  at  3-0111-  service." 

Thanking  him  again,  we  followed  Mr.  Atherton  through  a 
door  in  the  left  side  of  the  office ;  crossing  a  hall  he  opened 
another  door  and  we  entered  the  receiving  room. 

"  The  three  kinds  of  seeds,  Cotton  Seed,  Benne  Seed  and  Cas- 
tor Seed  or  Beans,  are  received  here  by  the  cart  load,"  said  Mr. 
Atherton.  "You  see  we  have  six  bins  in  all ;  two  for  each  kind 
of  seed ;  one  bin  of  each  we  try  to  keep  filled  all  the  time,  and 
one  we  draw  from.  The  bins  used  for  the  cotton  seeds  are  some- 
tunes  also  used  for  Peanuts  or  Castina  nuts." 

"What  do  you  do  with  peanuts,"  asked  Susie,  "feed  your 
workmen  with  them?" 

"  No,  Miss,"  said  Mr.  Atherton,  trying  to  conceal  a  smile. 
"  Whenever  the  cotton  crop  is  short,  so  that  the  seeds  are  scarce, 
we  use  peanuts  or  Castina  nuts  instead ;  they  yield  as  good  an 
oil  as  the  cotton  seeds,  and  I  think  a  little  better." 

Mr.  Atherton  then  ushered  us  into  the  main  room  or  factory. 
Three  of  the  most  improved  oil  mills,  driven  by  steam  power  were 
on  the  left  side  of  the  room,  one  for  each  kind  of  seed,  and  were 
grinding  away  at  a  tremendous  rate.  For  quite  a  while  we 
watched  the  working  of  these  combinations  of  mill  and  press, 
then  crossed  to  the  other  side  of  the  room  to  see  the  clarifying 
process.  Here  were  rows  of  very  large  Canton  flannel  filters, 
suspended  from  iron  bars  running  horizontally  and  parallel. 
These  filters  were  packed  with  freshly  burned  and  coarsely  pow- 
dered charcoal,  from  which  all  the  dust  had  been  taken  by  sifting 


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SOUTHERN     FRIENDS.  53 

and  fanning.  The  oils  are  poured  in  and  after  filtering  through 
the  pulverized  carbon,  drop  into  long  troughs  which  are  under 
each  line  of  filters,  and  thus  combed  into  barrels,  which  when 
filled  are  closed  up,  weighed,  marked,  and  taken  to  the  store- 
room, ready  for  transportation.  Cotton  Seed  yields  by  this 
method  of  extraction  about  twenty-five  per  cent,  of  oil,  which  is 
of  a  dark  yellow  color,  almost  inodorous,  and  is  used  very  exten- 
sively as  a  cheap  hair  oil,  is  easily  perfumed  with  ottos,  but  is  not 
delicate  enough  to  perfume  with  flowers ;  it  will  not  mix  with 
alcohol  in  any  proportion.  The  benne  seeds  are  imported  from 
the  West  Indies,  but  the  cotton  seeds  and  castor  beans  are 
raised  abundantly  in  the  vicinity  of  New  Orleans. 

"The  Oil  of  Benne,  sometimes  called  Sesamum,"  said  Mr. 
Atherton,  "  is  one  of  the  finest  oils  the  perfumers  can  use  ;  it  is 
nearly  free  from  color,  taste,  and  odor,  as  you  can  see  by  this 
sample.  It  remains  for  a  lengthened  time  free  from  rancidity, 
indeed,  some  claim  it  '  never  becomes  rancid.'  We  have  a  sam- 
ple in  the  office  which  we  keep  exposed  in  a  situation  where  all 
other  oils  would  spoil  in  a  j'ear,  3*et  the  sample  of  benne  oil  is 
still  sweet,  although  it  is  some  of  the  first  we  made  more  than  ten 
years  ago.  It  is  an  oil  that  deserves  more  attention  than  it  has 
hitherto  received." 

Jean  remarked  that,  "For  making  cold  cream  and  other  un- 
guents it  has  proved  valuable,  and  also  for  enfleuring  it  answers 
well ;  when  perfectly  pure  olive  oil  is  unattainable,  the  benne  oil 
is  a  serviceable  substitute." 

The  castor  oil,  after  being  clarified,  instead  of  being  packed  in 
barrels,  was  put  into  square  tin  cans,  holding  five  gallons  each, 
whnh  when  filled  were  hermeticall}*  sealed.  Castor  oil  is  very 
heavy,  of  a  light  j'ellow  color  when  good,  and  is  the  only  oil  sol- 


54  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

uble  in  alcohol ;  when  mixed  with  alcohol  in  equal  proportions,  it 
makes  an  excellent  hair  dressing ;  it  is  also  used  in  pomades, 
and  is  mixed  with  other  oils  to  make  them  thicker. 

"  It  is,  however,  not  so  nice  as  oil  of  benne,  or  olive  oil  per- 
fumed with  flowers,"  said  Jean,  "  and  it  is  better  mixed  with 
these  oils  when  any  one  wishes  a  heavier  hair  dressing  than  com- 
pounded with  alcohol,  as  alcohol  is  very  drying  and  heating." 

"  If  castor  oil  could  be  wholly  deprived  of  its  odor,  by  some  in- 
expensive method,"  said  I,  "it  would  be  the  best  and  most  invalu- 
able agent  for  extracting  the  perfume  from  flowers  and  other  odor- 
iferous substances,  in  place  of  the  insoluble  oils  now  used,  for 
castor  oil  is  soluble  in  alcohol ;  perfumers  could  then  have  ottos 
of  violet,  orange  blossoms,  tuberoses,  and  various  others,  using 
them  in  the  same  manner  as  other  ottos.  We  hope  this  will  be 
accomplished  within  a  few  years,  as  it  would  economize  time 
and  labor,  besides  giving  a  method  of  procuring  standard 
strengths  for  perfumes.  We  hope  this  matter,  full  of  interest, 
will  be  experimented  upon  by  laborants." 

' '  The  study  of  perfumery  opens  a  book  as  yet  unread  by  the 
chemical  philosopher,"  said  Jean.  "  The  odors  of  some  flowers 
resemble  others  so  nearly  that  we  are  almost  induced  to  believe 
them  to  be  the  same,  or  at  least,  if  not  evolved  from  the  plant  as 
such,  to  become  so  by  the  action  of  the  air  oxidations.  It  is 
known  that  some  are  identical  in  composition,  although  produced 
from  totally  different  plants,  such  as  camphor,  rosemary,  and 
turpentine.  Hence  we  may  presume  that  chemistry  will  sooner 
or  later  produce  one  from  the  other,  for  with  many  it  is  merely 
an  atom  of  water  or  an  atom  of  oxygen  that  causes  the  difference." 

"  Yes,"  said  I,  "  there  is  a  wide  field  for  investigation." 

'•  It  would  show  the  power  of  Science  over  Nature,"  said  Jean, 


SOUTHERN   FRIENDS.  55 

becoming  excited  over  the  subject,  "  to  produce  Otto  of  Roses 
from  Otto  of  Rosemary,  or  from  Otto  of  Rose  Geranium,  and  the- 
ory indicates  its  possibility.  The  Otto  of  Almonds,  in  a  bottle 
containing  a  large  quantity  of  air  ox}-gen,  and  but  little  otto, 
spontaneously  passes  into  another  odoriferous  bod}T  called  Ben- 
zoic  Acid,  which  is  seen  to  form  in  crystals  over  the  dry  parts  of 
the  glass.  That  is  a  natural  illustration  of  the  idea." 

"I  should  very  much  like  to  see  all  that  accomplished,"  said 
Mr.  Atherton,  deeply  interested,  "and  especially  the  deodoriza- 
tion  of  castor  oil." 

We  merely  glanced  into  the  store-room  while  passing,  and  saw 
vast  numbers  of  barrels  and  cans  of  oil,  such  as  we  had  seen  ex- 
tracted, piled  high.  The  superintendent  informed  us  that  this 
factory  supplied  a  greater  part  of  the  South  and  "West,  also  many 
Northern  cities. 

By  this  time  we  had  made  the  entire  circuit  of  the  room,  and 
returned  to  the  office,  and  expressed  our  satisfaction  at  what  we 
had  seen.  We  invited  the  proprietor  and  Mr.  Atherton  to  supper 
on  board  the  ship,  and  they  kindly  accepted  the  invitation.  As 
we  returned  to  the  ship,  we  saw  m&ny  acres  of  the  castor  oil 
plants;  Ricinus  communis,  or  Palma  Christi,  as  Susie  called  them ; 
and  of  course  there  were  cotton  plantations  to  be  seen  on  every 
side.  In  the  evening  we  received  Mr.  Atherton  and  the  propri- 
etor of  the  oil  works,  with  their  wives,  and  the  evening  passed 
very  agreeably  to  all.  We  consider  them  the  most  pleasant  of 
our  acquaintances  in  New  Orleans. 

Sailing  from  New  Orleans,  we  directed  our  course  towards 
Tampico,  Mexico,  which  we  reached  in  due  time,  and  as  Brad 
wished  to  stop  here  to  visit  the  silver  mines  of  San  Luis  Potosi, 
in  which  he  had  an  interest,  it  gave  us  a  fine  opportunity  to  see 


56  A  ROMANCE  OF  PERFUME  LANDS 

the  country,  and  examine  the  many  interesting  productions  of 
this  prolific  soil.  And  one  of  these  being  the  Vanilla  plant, 
Susie,  Jean,  and  I  were  very  anxious  to  see  it.  We  were  also 
desirous  of  seeing  how  they  manipulated  the  little  cochineal  bug 
which  is  raised  here  in  such  vast  numbers,  from  which  is  made 
carmine,  one  of  the  most  expensive  of  coloring  matters. 


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CHAPTER   VIII. 

A    VALUABLE    INSECT. 

ON  our  way  to  the  silver  mines,  Susie  called  our  attention  to 
the  Vanilla  plamfolia.  Here,  the  Vanilla  grows  wild  in  the 
woods,  and  is  also  cultivated  on  the  plantations.  This  beautiful 
creeper,  which  bears  the  vanilla  bean  or  pod,  grows  parasitically 
on  particular  kinds  of  trees,  extracting  its  nourishment  from  the 
bark  to  which  it  clings.  The  roots  shoot  out  at  short  distances 
as  the  vine  ascends,  the  long  lanceolate  leaves  springing  from  the 
same  point's  with  the  root  fibres.  The  beans  depend  from  the 
angles  where  the  leaf  unites  with  the  stem,  two  or  three  together, 
and  when  full  grown  vary  in  length  from  three  to  nine  inches. 
Three  species  of  forest  trees  have  a  bark  which  affords  nutriment 
to  the  roots  of  the  vanilla  vine.  The  vine  can  be  propagated 
easily,  by  tying  slips  to  the  bark ;  they  take  root  and  grow 
freel}'.  The  vine  can  also  be  grown  in  pots,  but  it  produces  an 
inferior  quality  of  bean.  The  vanilla  beans  yield  a  perfume 
of  rare  excellence,  which,  according  to  Johnson,  "  acts  upon 
the  system  as  an  aromatic  stimulant,  exhiliarating  the  mental 
functions  and  increasing  generally  the  energy  of  the  animal 
system." 

"  Vanilla  Beans,  if  kept  for  some  tune,"  said  Jean,  "become 

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eovcrol  with  an  efflorescence  of  needle-like  crystals,  possessing 
properties  similar  to  benzoic  acid,  but  differing  from  it  in  compo- 
sition ;  these  crystals  may  be  sublimed  by  the  heat  of  a  sand 
bath.  Few  objects  are  more  beautiful  to  look  upon  than  these 
crystals  when  viewed  by  a  microscope  with  the  aid  of  polarized 
light.  I  will  show  you  after  we  return  to  the  ship,  and  the  beans 
are  old  enough." 

"  Do,"  said  my  wife,  and  "  I  won't  forget  your  promise,"  said 
Susie. 

Stopping  at  one  of  the  plantations,  we  had  an  opportunity  of 
witnessing  the  preparation,  and  also  a  chance  to  purchase 
a  small  lot  of  vanilla  beans.  The  process  is  very  tedious ; 
Indians  being  employed  for  the  purpose  at  extremely  low  wages. 
The  green  pods  are  laid  upon  flannel  in  a  broken  light,  that  they 
may  dry,  but  not  too  rapidly.  The  woman  who  watched  them, 
turned  them  over,  and  moistened  them  occasionally  with  olive  oil 
to  prevent  hardening.  At  nightfall  they  are  covered  to  protect 
them  from  the  dews  ;  in  the  course  of  two  or  three  weeks,  accord- 
ing to  the  temperature  of  the  air,  they  become  brown, 
and  wrinkled  lengthwise,  and  the  unrivalled  perfume  of  vanilla 
is  developed  by  the  change.  They  are  then  rolled  in  soft  cloths 
or  tinfoil,  and  packed  for  exportation.  Many  millions  of  dollars 
worth  are  used  annually,  and  more  could  be  disposed  of,  but  fol 
the  high  price  they  attain  when  imported,  owing  to  the  importa- 
tions or  supply  being  very  irregular.  The  "West  India  Islands 
are  well  adapted  to  the  growth  of  this  bean.  It  would  well  pay 
any  who  would  undertake  its  cultivation  there.  Both  Europe 
and  America  would  consume  a  hundred  times  as  much  vanilla,  if 
the  price  was  reduced,  and  that  can  be  done  only  by  increased 
production. 


ZEstaTolisliecl    1SQO. 

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We  have  a  large  and  new  slock  of  French 
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A   VALUABLE   INSECT.  59 

Reaching  the  silver  mines,  Brad,  Jean  and  I  descended  into 
them,  leaving  my  wife  and  Susie,  with  Patsey  as  guard,  in  a  hut 
near  the  shaft.  We  thought  the  mines  were  very  interesting ;  a 
full  description  of  them  is  however,  unnecessary  ;  suffice  it  to  say, 
we  saw  all  that  could  be  seen,  and  obtained  some  fine  specimens 
of  ore,  then  ascended  to  the  surface,  much  pleased  to  see  the  light 
of  day  again.  On  our  way  back  to  the  pier  we  witnessed  the  col- 
lection and  preparation  of  the  cochineal  insect  for  the  mar- 
ket. This  Cochineal  insect  (Coccus  Cacti),  a  small  and  very 
insignificant  creature,  would  never  have  attracted  any  notice,  but 
for  the  valuable  coloring  matter  it  contains. 

"  Shure,  I've  seen  minny  of  thim  little  bougs  on  the  plants  in 
hot  houses  at  home,"  said  Patsey,  "  an'  I  niver  thought  they  was 
any  good  at  all." 

"  They  look  like  them,  Patsey,  but  they  are  far  different,"  said 
I.  "  You  will  notice  how  they  differ  after  you  see  them  prepared. 
Formerly  the  culture  of  cochineal  was  confined  to  Mexico  alone, 
the  government  taking  great  pains  to  keep  secret  the  method  of 
preparation.  It  is  now  abundantly  raised  in  Brazil  and  the  East 
Indies.  Mexico  still  produces  the  greatest  quantitj',  and  the  best 
quality.  In  the  Nopaleros, — the  Spanish  name  of  the  fields  in 
the  great  mayorals,  derived  from  the  name  Opuntia  Nopal,  — 
are  acres  of  the  Tuna  Cactus,  Opuntia  Tuna,  on  which  the  insects 
feed  and  are  raised." 

"The  Opuntia  Coccinellifera  or  Cochineal  Cactus,"  said  Susie, 
"  is  used  only  in  the  "West  Indies  and  Brazil." 

The  provinces,  in  which  the  cochineal  is  so  largely  raised,  are 
Oaxaca,  Tlascola,  and  Guanaxuato.  It  is  necessary  to  renew  the 
plantations  frequent!}',  as  the  insects  rapidly  exhaust  the  juices, 
and  so  cause  the  plants  to  dry  up  and  dio.  We  accompanied  a 


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man  in  among  those  Cacti ;  he  had  in  one  hand,  a  squirrel's  tail, 
nnd  with  this  he  swept  the  fully  developed  insects  into  a  recepta- 
cle filled  with  hot  water,  which  he  held  in  the  other  hand ;  by  this 
means  they  were  killed. 

"Be  gorra,"  said  Patsey,  seeing  him  do  this,  "an*  its  moity 
glad  I  am  that  its  meself  is  not  a  corchinelly  boug,  for  they  don't 
ax  ye  how  ye'll  have  yer  bath,  but  give  it  till  yere  inoity  hot." 

They  are  also  killed  by  being  laid  in  the  sun,  after  they  are 
swept  from  the  plants.  When  the  man  had  obtained  the  requi- 
site amount,  he  strained  off  the  water  and  spread  the  insects  out 
to  dry ;  after  they  were  thoroughly  dry,  they  were  ready  for  mar- 
ket. Each  pound  of  cochineal  contains  about  seventy  thousand 
insects.  The  preparing  of  carmine  from  cochineal,  cannot  be 
carried  on  profitably  on  a  small  scale  ;  four  or  five  manufacturers 
supplying  the  whole  of  the  world,  a  Parisian  manufacturer  pro- 
ducing the  finest  article. 

The  preparation  of  the  finest  carmine  is  still  a  mystery,  be- 
cause, on  the  one  hand,  its  consumption  being  limited,  few  are 
engaged  in  its  manufacture,  and  upon  the  other,  the  raw  material 
being  costly,  extensive  experiments  on  it  cannot  be  conveniently 
made.  Carmine,  owing  to  its  costliness,  is  almost  always  adul- 
terated, and  in  making  rouges  for  commercial  purposes,  but  a 
very  small  quantity  is  used,  it  being  mixed  with  talc  powder  to 
reduce  the  expense  as  well  as  its  intense  color,  and  bring  it  to  the 
right  shade  for  the  complexion.  Many  hundred  pounds  of  rouge 
annually,  are  used  in  this  country,  not  only  for  theatrical  purpo- 
ses, but  by  private  individuals.  "We,  however,  discountenance 
the  use  of  rouge  or  paint  of  any  description  on  the  skin.  But 
so  long  as  blooming  cheeks  and  cherry  lips  are  admired,  and 
considered  indispensable  to  beauty,  it  will  be  in  demand ;  and 


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Ladies  waited  on  at  their  residences. 


A  VALUABLE   INSECT.  61 

if  the  ladies  persist  in  tight  lacing,  and  wearing  corsets,  and 
hanging  their  clothes  on  their  hips  instead  of  suspending  them 
by  straps  from  their  shoulders  and  taking  a  generous  amount  of 
exercise,  to  have  these  adjuncts  to  beauty  they  will  always  be 
obliged,  if  they  continue  to  dress  so  unhealthily,  to  resort  to 
paints,  powders,  rouges  and  cosmetics  of  various  kinds.  To 
those  who  will,  and  do,  use  the  articles,  we  would  recommend 
them  always  to  get  the  purest,  consequently  the  best,  as  it  is  less 
liable  to  injure  the  skin  than  those  which  are  cheap,  and  com- 
posed of  deleterious  substances. 

Patsey  appeared  before  us  at  this  moment,  his  cheeks  as  red  as 
the  setting  sun ;  he  had  evidently  been  into  some  mischief,  hav- 
ing powdered  some  of  the  dry  cochineal  and  rubbed  it  on  his 
face. 

"Its  blooming  I  am,  Miss  Susie,"  said  he.  "  Och,  how  the 
gurrils  in  ould  Ireland  wuld  cast  their  eyes  on  me,  ef  they  could 
only  see  me  mees  now." 

"  Go  wash  your  face  immediately,"  I  said  to  him,  "  and  con- 
sider yourself  fortunate  if  you  get  it  all  off." 

Pretty  soon  he  came  back  to  us  looking  like  a  Sioux  warrior ; 
he  had  rubbed  his  face  hard  to  wash  it,  but  had  only  distributed 
the  coloring  over  his  face  and  into  his  ears  and  hair.  We  had  a 
hearty  laugh  at  him,  but  he  evidently  enjoyed  it  as  well  as  the  rest 
of  us.  We  turned  ourselves  about,  and  in  a  short  time  were  on 
board  our  ship,  and  abed,  while  the  head  of  the  Cynthia  was 
pointed  toward  the  east. 


FAITH  WHITCOMB'S 


Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  Inflamma- 
tions, Lame  Back,  Enlarged  Glands, 
Toothache,  Croup,  Sprains,  Chronic 
Diseases  of  the  Joints  and  Muscles, 
Bruises,  Gout,  Quinsy,  Sore  Throat, 
Swellings,  Frosted  Feet,  Chilblains, 
and  all  diseases  of  an  Inflammatory 
nature. 


Recommended   by   Physicians. 

DR.  W.  P.  SYLVESTER  says :  "I  have  examined  the  formula  of  Faith  Whitcomb's  Lini- 
ment, and  I  use  it  in  my  family,  and  recommend  it  to  all  sufferers  from  Neuralgia  and 
Rheumatism.  It  is  better  than  any  other  liniment." 

A.  HANSON,  Boston  Wire  Works,  75  to  81  Cornhill,  says:  "My  wife  was  cured  of  Neu- 
ralgia, four  applications  cured  me  of  Rheumatism,  and  Mr.  Lord,  my  neighbor,  who  had 
been  on  crutches  fifteen  years,  obtained  relief  from  less  than  one  bottle  of  Shaker  Lini- 
ment." 

CHAS.  PRESCOTT,  Merchant,  Randolph,  says:  "  Send  me  three  dozen  Shaker  Liniment- 
My  customers  have  confidence  in  it,  and  I  can  consistently  recommend  it." 

DR.  U.  K.  MAYO, 337  Tremont  street,  says:  "It  Is  the  most  effective  remedy  that  ever 
came  to  my  notice,  and  I  cheerfully  recommend  it." 

AN  OLD  NTJRSE  says:  "If  Faith  Whitcomb's  directions  are  followed, not  one  case  of 
croup  in  a  thousand  will  prove  fatal." 

J.  F.  SAWTELL,  124  Cambridge  Street,  was  cured  of  Inflammatory  Rheumatism,  and 
says:  "  Faith  Whitcomb's  Liniment  cured  me,  and  I  would  advise  Rheumatics  to  use  it." 

THE  BOSTON  TRAVELLER  says:  "Such  cures  (Mr.  Sawtell's)  place  Faith  Whitcomb's 
Liniment  at  the  head  of  all  Rheumatic  remedies." 

MBS.  C.  A.  SYLVESTER,  of  the  Sawin  Academy,  Sherburn,  who  was  cured  of  Neuralgia 
of  the  Heart,  says:  "Its  effects  are  almost  magical.  I  will  cheerfully  recommend  ii  to 
my  friends." 

E.  N.  CUMMINGS,  the  well-known  Sunday-school  worker,  formerly  of  Woburn,  now  of 
the  firm  of  Welsh  &  Cummings,  Lynn,  says:  "  Faith  Whitcomb's  Liniment  cured  my  wife 
of  an  Enlarged  Joint,  and  myself  of  Acute  Inflammation." 

1  It  gave  me  quick  relief  for  Rheumatism,  and  is  the 

HON.  A.  MAYNARD,  the  extensive  manufacturer  and  founder  of  the  town  of  Maynard, 
who  was  cured  of  Neuralgia,  says:  "  By  the  use  of  Faith  AVhiteomb's  Liniment  I  obtained 
almost  immediate  relief,  and  unhesitatingly  recommend  it  to  my  friends." 

W.  W.  BLOSSOM,  Postmaster  and  Merchant  at  Rockbottom,  says:  "For  Neuralgia  and 
Rheumatism  there  is  nothing  equal  to  Faith  Whitcomb's  Liniment,  and  I  have  never  heard 
of  a  case  among  my  customers  that  it  could  not  relieve." 

L.H.ALLEN,  Station  Agent  at  Rockbottom,  says:  "I  received  decided  benefit  from 
Faith  Whitcomb's  Liniment  for  Rheumatism,  and  I  have  not  heard  of  a  case  of  Neuralgia 
or  Rheumatism  that  it  lias  not  benefited." 

L.  J.  JRFTS,  the  well-known  manufacturer,  of  Hudson  and  Boston,  says:  "  I  have  seen 
such  p-oofs  of  the  efficacy  of  Faith  Whitcomb's  Liniment  for  Neuralgia,  that  I  heartily 
recommend  it." 

J.  E.  BRTTORTON,  Manager  of  the  "  Golden  Rule,"  says:  "  Faith  Whitcomb's  Liniment 
gave  me  immediate  relief.  It  is  a  wonderful  remedy." 

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CHAPTER    IX 

MONS.     SASPOKTAS. 

TT7E  steamo?.  into  the  pretty  bay  of  St.  Thomas  about  six  A.  M., 
'  '  and  when  we  anchored,  about  half  a  mile  off  shore,  heavy 
showers  commenced,  lasting  nearly  two  hours.  At  length  all 
signs  of  unpleasant  weather  having  disappeared,  we  proceeded 
to  the  shore,  landing  at  a  little  jetty  on  which  stood  a  group  of 
the  dingy  denizens  of  St.  Thomas.  Amid  the  chatterings  and 
laughter  of  these  light-hearted  beings,  we  continued  our  walk  be- 
neath a  row  of  pretty  coconut  trees,  on  which  hung  their  fruit, 
and  we  presently  found  ourselves  in  the  town.  We  were  shown 
a  comfortable  hotel,  and  were  glad  to  be  once  more  on  land,  and 
live  in  a  house.  I  became  acquainted  with  Mons.  Sasportas,  the 
gentleman  whom  I  intended  visiting  here,  while  he  was  on  a  visit 
to  Boston.  He  had  immense  estates,  and  carried  on  the  manu- 
facture of  perfumes  and  pomades  on  a  small  scale,  but  his  espe- 
cial business  was  the  distilling  of  Bay  Rum,  and  Otto  of  Bay. 
Mons.  Sasportas,  whilst  in  Boston,  told  me  if  I  ever  came  to 
the  Island,  he  should  expect  me  to  make  him  a  visit.  After  din- 
ner, I  despatched  a  messenger  to  him,  announcing  our  arrival. 
He  came  back  ,vith  the  messenger,  and  greeted  us  cordially,  re- 
questing us  to  come  immediately  to  his  house  and  make  it  our 

62 


TUTT'S  PILLS 

Are  extracted  from  Vegetable  products,  combining  in  them  the  Mandrake,  or  May  Apple, 
which  is  recognized  by  physicians  as  a  substitute  for  calomel,  possessing  all  the  virtues  of 
that  mineral  without  its  bad  after  effects. 

AS  AN  ANTI-BILIOUS   MEDICINE   THEY  ARE   INCOMPARABLE. 

They  stimulate  the  Torpid  Liver,  invigorate  the  Nervous  System,  and  give  tone  to  the 
Digestive  Organs,  creating  perfect  digestion  and  thorough  assimilation  of  food.  They 
exert  a  powerful  influence  on  the  Kidneys  and  Liver,  and  through  these  organs  remove 
all  impurities,  thus  vitalizing  the  tissues  of  the  body  and  causing  a  healthy  condition  of 
the  system. 

AS  AN  ANTI-MALARIAL  REMEDY  THEY  HAVE   NO  EQUAL  ; 

and,  as  a  result,  act  as  a  preventive  and  cure  for  Bilious,  Remittent,  Intermittent,  Typhoid 
Fevers,  and  Fever  and  Ague.  Upon  the  healthy  action  of  the  Stomach  depends  almost 
Wholly  the  health  of  the  human  race. 

DYSPEPSIA  IS  THE   BANE   OP  THE   PRESENT   GENERATION. 

It  is  for  the  cure  of  this  disease  and  its  attendants,  Sick  Headache,  Nervousness. 
Despondency,  Constipation,  Piles,  etc.,  that  TUTT'S  PILLS  have  gained  such  a  wide- 
spread reputation.  No  remedy  has  ever  been  discovered  that  acts  so  speedily  and  gently 
on  the  digestive  organs,  giving  them  tone  and  vigor  to  assimilate  food.  This  being 
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home  during  our  stay  on  the  Island.  We  waited,  however,  till 
morning.  Riding  through  the  town,  we  noticed  that  it  was  built 
upon  the  level  and  partly  upon  three  hills,  which  abut  down  from 
the  high  range  nearly  to  the  shore,  with  savannas  between,  and 
we  remarked  how  beautifully  the  place  was  located,  and  the  large 
and  substantially  built  stores  and  dwellings.  The  stores  are  owned 
principally  by  Americans  and  Danes.  We  met  many  Danish  sol- 
diers during  our  ramble. 

We  went  through  the  main  street,  which  runs  parallel  with 
the  shore,  and  ascended  one  of  the  three  eminences  ;  after  going 
some  distance,  we  reached  Mons.  Sasportas'  grounds.  He  con- 
ducted us  through  his  estates,  on  which  were  growing  Coffee, 
Coco,  and  Breadfruit  Trees,  and  many  beautiful  flowers. 

"See!"  said  Susie,  "there  is  the  Moringa  pterygosperma,  the 
Hibiscus  abelmoschus,  and  the  Laurus  nobilis" 

"  Oh,  Susie !  don't  distort  your  pretty  mouth  with  such  out- 
landish names,"  said  I.  "  Tell  us  in  plain  English.  So  long  as 
knowledge  is  bound  up  in  such  long-drawn,  wearying  words,  it 
will  never  become  universal ;  and  as  universal  knowledge  means 
universal  peace,  comfort,  and  happiness,  let  your  information  be 
expressed  in  the  most  simple  terms." 

"  Well,  to  please  you,  I  will,"  she  replied.  "  The  first  one  I 
spoke  of  is  the  Behen  Tree,  on  which  grow  the  benne  seeds, 
such  as  we  saw  at  New  Orleans,  from  which  the  benne  oil  was 
taken ;  the  next  is  the  Musk  Seed,  or  Ambrette  Seed  Tree,  on 
which  grow  the  grains  d' Ambrette,  so-called;  and  the  last, — 
the  large  group  to  the  right,  —  are  the  Bay  Trees,  from  which 
Bay  Rum  and  Otto  of  Bay  are  extracted." 

"  Thank  you,  that  is  better ;  but  look  at  Patsey ! " 

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as  was  usual  with  him  when  he  heard  anything  he  could  not 
understand. 

"  Perhaps  he  has  thrown  his  jaw  out  trying  to  repeat  the  first 
names  you  mentioned.  Patsey,  what's  the  matter  with  you?" 

"  An'  —  an'  —  Miss  Susie,  sir,  I  hope  she  be  well? " 

"Yes." 

"  I  didn't  noo,  sir,  but  what  she  were  sunstruck,  she  talked  so 
wild  loike,"  he  answered. 

lie  had  never  before  been  in  Susie's  presence  when  she  called 
plants  by  their  botanical  names,  so  he  was  naturally  thunder- 
struck at  first,  but  he  soon  became  used  to  it,  and  when  bringing 
her  any  of  the  plants  she  sent  him  for,  he  would  try  to  give  it  the 
name  he  heard  her  call  it ;  the  blunders  he  made,  and  the  way 
he  pronounced  the  botanical  names,  kept  us  in  a  continuous  roar 
of  laughter. 

After  strolling  through  the  gardens,  we  reached  Mons.  Saspor- 
tas'  manufactory,  in  which  we  saw  the  distillation  of  Bay  Rum. 
It  was  done  in  the  ordinary  way,  the  Bay  leaves  being  put  into  a 
still  with  fine  rum  and  distilled  over,  the  product  being  the  Bay 
Rum  of  commerce.  The  Otto  of  Bay  is  distilled  from  the  Bay  ber- 
ries ;  these  berries,  they  are  about  twice  the  size  of  a  clove,  are  put 
into  the  still  with  water ;  after  passing  over,  the  otto  separates 
from  the  water,  is  taken  off,  put  up  in  black  junk  bottles,  and  is 
ready  for  exportation.  This  otto  when  good  is  of  a  dark  brown 
color,  having  a  very  penetrating  odor.  It  is  used  very  exten- 
sivety  by  manufacturers  of  Bay  Rum,  by  dissolving  the  otto  in 
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Patscy  cume  to  us  with  what  seemed  to  be  a  handful  of  bird- 
shot;  -'An'  phats  thim,  Miss  Susie?"  he  asked. 

4 'The}*  are  the  produce  of  the  plant  Hibiscus  Abelmoschus," 
answered  Susie,  "musk-seed  or  grains  d'ambrette,  as  they  are 
known  in  the  perfumery  trade." 

"Kabb-el-Mfek  is  the  Arabic  name,"  said  Jean,  "of  which 
Abelmoschus  is  a  vile  corruption.  Several  other  allied  species 
are  remarkable  for  a  similar  odor,  one  of  whicli  is  called  Sum- 
bul." 

"Musk  Seed,  when  ground,  certainly  reminds  our  smelling 
sense  of  the  odor  of  Musk,"  I  remarked  ;  "  it  is  poor  stuff  at  best ; 
for  making  cheap  sachet  powder,  it  may  be  used  for  the  sake  of 
adulteration  and  varietj*,  also  to  perfume  hair  and  face  pow- 
ders." 

Continuing  on  our  walk,  we  came  upon  a  workman  at  an 
apparatus,  which,  from  its  curious  construction,  arrested  our  at- 
tention. It  consisted  of  a  large  glass  tube  in  the  form  of  a  coil, 
and  at  the  upper  end  divided  into  two  tubes,  in  each  of  which 
was  a  tunnel. 

"He  is  making  Otto  of  Mirbane,"  said  Mons.  Sasportas,  "a 
chemical  imitation  of  Otto  of  Almonds,  procured  from  Benzole, 
and  Benzole  is  obtained  from  coal  tar."  The  workman  poured 
into  one  of  the  tunnels  nitric  acid,  and  into  the  other  Benzole, 
the  two  substances  uniting  at  the  union  of  the  tubes,  a  combina- 
tion ensued,  with  the  evolution  of  heat.  As  the  newly-formed 
compound  flowed  down  through  the  coil  it  became  cool  and  ran 
into  a  receiver.  The  workman  then  washed  it  with  water,  and 
lastly  with  a  diluted  solution  of  carbonate  of  soda ;  it  was  then 
ready  for  use.  Nitro-benzole,  the  chemical  name,  and  Otto  of 
Mirbane,  the  perfumery  name  of  this  artificial  otto  of  almonds, 

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had  made  the  tour  of  the  factory,  we  returned  to  the  house,  where 
we  dined  with  the  family  of  Mons.  Sasportas. 

Towards  evening,  we  rode  back  to  the  hotel,  accompanied  by 
him  and  two  of  his  sons.  We  invited  them  on  board  ;  they  were 
much  pleased  with  the  ship,  especially  the  boys,  who  were  de- 
lighted with  the  chairs  hung  in  gimbals,  and  kept  continually 
rocking  in  them.  They  left  late  in  the  evening,  pressing  us  to 
make  our  stay  longer ;  but  knowing  that  by  so  doing  we  should 
delay  Brad,  we  thanked  them,  telling  them  we  would  come  some 
other  time  and  stay  longer.  They  left,  expressing  their  satisfac- 
tion for  the  pleasure  we  had  afforded  them. 

"Weighing  anchor  early  in  the  morning,  we  stood  out  to  sea, 
passing  on  our  way  out  the  large  steamship,  "  The  Seine,"  which 
plies  between  Northampton,  England,  and  this  Island.  The  first 
day  out,  we  steamed  by  the  islands  east  and  south  of  St.  Thomas, 
—  Guadeloupe,  Martinique  and  others.  "We  remained  on  deck 
the  greater  part  of  the  day,  there  being  a  cool,  fresh  breeze,  mak- 
ing it  the  most  comfortable  place  on  board.  In  the  evening  we 
assembled  in  the  large  saloon,  and  with  music  and  conversation 
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Sabsei  to  gather ;  the  balsam  trees ;  the  sorrowful  Nyctenthes, 
which  pours  forth  its  rich  odors  in  the  twilight ;  the  Nilica,  in 
whose  blossoms  the  bees  are  said  to  hum  themselves  to  sleep,  and 
the  sweet  Elcaya,  —  these,  and  a  forest  of  others,  are  indigenous 
to  the  East,  and  for  ages,  were  disregarded  by  the  rest  of  the 
world.  Homer  but  twice  alludes  to  anything  of  the  sort  being  in 
use  among  the  Greeks ;  and  centuries  after  the  Jews  had  been 
commanded  to  make  incense,  the  Athenians  were  forbidden  by 
Solon  to  use  perfumery.  Among  the  Lacedemonians,  the  luxury 
was  always  discountenanced,  and  perfumers  were  expelled  from  the 
city  as  wasters  of  oil,  upon  the  same  principle  that  they  dismissed 
all  who  dyed  wool,  because  they  destroyed  its  whiteness.  In 
Athens  the  case  was  different ;  in  spite  of  Solon's  prohibition, 
the  taste  for  perfumery  grew  apace,  and  its  indulgence  was 
brought  to  a  higher  pitch  of  refinement  than  it  ever  enjoyed  be- 
fore or  since.  Though  the  East  supplied  the  Athenians  with  the 
most  valued  gums  and  ointments,  they  added  largely  to  the  stock 
of  fragrant  plants  already  in  use.  Appollonius,  of  Herophila, 
wrote  a  treatise  on  perfumes.  '  The  Iris,'  he  sa}rs,  '  is  best  at 
Phasalis  and  at  C}'zicus ;  perfume  from  roses  is  most  excellent 
at  Phasalis,  Naples  and  Capua ;  that  made  from  crocuses,  is  in 
highest  perfection  at  Soli,  in  Cilicia,  and  at  Rhodes ;  the  essence 
of  spikenard  is  best  at  Tanius  ;  the  extract  of  vine-leaves  at  Cy- 
prus and  at  Adramythium  ;  the  best  perfume  from  marjoram,  and 
from  apples,  comes  from  Cos ;  Egypt  bears  the  palm  for  its 
essence  of  Cypirus,  and  the  next  best  is  the  C}Tprian  and  Phreni- 
cian,  and  after  them  comes  the  Sidonian ;  the  perfume  called 
Panathenaicum,  is  made  at  Athens ;  and  those  called  Metopian 
and  Mendesian  are  prepared  with  the  greatest  skill  in  Egypt.' " 
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and  not  so  much  to  the  locality  itself." 

"  True,"  replied  Jean. 

"The  boxes  of  unguents,  that  were  carried  in  ancient  times," 
spoke  up  Susie,  "must  have  formed  expensive  items  in  the  jew- 
eller's bill,  for  they  were  general!}7  made  of  alabaster  richly 
carved  and  ornamented  with  jewels." 

"  But,"  said  Jean,  "  if  we  may  believe  a  passage  in  the  Settler 
of  Alexis,  even  this  extravagance  has  been  exceeded  : 

"  •  For  he  t'anoint  himself 
Dipped  not  his  finger  into  alabaster, 
The  vulgar  practice  of  a  former  age, 
But  let  fly  four  doves,  with  unguents  drenched, 
Not  of  one  sort,  but  every  bird  a  perfume  bore, 
Peculiar,  and  differing  from  the  rest; 
And  they,  hoveling  around  us,  from  their  heavy  wings 
Showered  their  sweets  upon  our  robes  and  furniture. 
And  I,— be  not  too  envious,  gentlemen,— 
I  was  myself  bedewed  with  violet  odours ! ' 

"The  room  in  which  an  entertainment  was  given  was  always 
perfumed,  either  by  burning  incense,  or  sprinkling  the  furniture 
with  scented  waters." 

"  An  unnecessary  proceeding,  I  should  think,"  said  my  wife, 
"  when  we  consider  the  lavish  manner  in  which  the  guests  were 
anointed." 

"  I  should  think  so  too,"  continued  Jean,  "  for  each  portion  of 
the  body  had  its  appropriate  oil  or  essences.  Mint  was  com- 
mended for  the  arms  ;  palm  oil  for  the  jaws  and  breast ;  the  eye- 
brows and  hair  were  anointed  with  an  unguent  extracted  from 
marjoram ;  the  knees  and  neck  with  the  essence  of  ground  ivy. 
This  last  was  beneficial  at  drinking  parties,  as  also  was  the  per- 


DR.    BRYAN'S 


Electro 
Voltaic 


Belts  and  Appliances. 

A  Marvellous  Remedy,  Effecting  Cores  f  lien  All  Otters  Fail. 

RELIABLE   FOB  THE 

CURE  OF  NERVOUS  DEBILITY, 

DYSPEPSIA,  PARALYSIS,  SCIATICA,  RHEUMATISM,  KIDNEY  COMPLAINTS, 

IMPOTENCY,  WEAKNESS  AND  PHYSICAL  PROSTRATION. 

It  does  not  require  vinegar,  acids,  or  other  preparations,  but  its  action  is  continuous. 

The  current  is  evolved  by  aid  of  the  heat  and  moisture  of  the  body.    It  gives  Health  and 

Strength  to  the  waning,  and  new  life  to  those  suffering  from  Premature  Decay.     It  will 

recuperate  the  system  when  Injured  by  imprudence,  excesses,  sickness,  or  old  age. 


THE    TESTIMONY. 

Dwight  King,  Esq.,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  says  :  "  I  feel  that  it  has  saved  my  life." 
Geo.  A.  Preston,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  says  :  "  It  has  stopped  the  principal  trouble." 
E.  Wilkins,  Newark,  N.  J.,  says  :  "  It  acted  soothingly,  and  removed  the  debility." 
Win.  F.  Gilchrist,  Esq.,  Union,  N.  Y.,  says  :  "  It  has  made  a  new  man  of  me." 
Wm.  8.  Smith,  Esq.,  Toronto,  says  :  "  It  has  had  a  good  effect  already." 
Norman  Barnes,  Esq.,  Quebec,  says  :  "  It  has  done  me  more  good  than  medicine." 
E.  MacCloud,  Esq.,  Halifax,  says  :  "  I  shall  recommend  it  to  my  friends." 
Miss  M.  J.  Parker,  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  says  :  "  It  has  done  me  a  great  deal  of  good  ;  I  have 
gained  eight  pounds  of  flesh,  and  my  dyspepsia  is  removed." 

Circulars  and  Further  Particulars  Sent  on  Application. 

Depot,  147  East  Fifteenth  St.,  New  York. 


MONS.    SASPORTA8.  69 

fume  obtained  from  roses  ;  the  quince  yielded  an  essence  suitable 
to  the  lethargic  and  dyspeptic ;  the  perfume  from  vine-leaves  kept 
the  mind  clear,  and  that  from  white  violets  was  an  aid  to  diges- 
tion. The  habit  of  anointing  the  head  at  banquets,  is  said  to 
have  arisen  from  an  idea  that  the  heating  effects  of  wine  would 
be  better  borne  when  the  head  was  wet,  just  as  a  patient  who  la- 
bors under  a  burning  fever  is  relieved  by  the  application  of  a  lotion." 
"Socrates  disapproved  of  all  perfumes,"  said  I,  "  and  he  also 
believed  it  was  wrong  to  bathe,  and  he  never  did  ;  but  his  teach- 
ings made  little  impression  upon  his  pupil  jEschines,  who  turned 
perfumer.  Alexander  the  Great  was  more  attentive  to  the  rebuke  of 
his  tutor,  Leonidas,  for  his  wasteful  expenditure  of  incense  in  his 
sacrifices.  His  master  told  him  it  would  be  time  for  him  so  to 
worship  when  he  had  conquered  the  countries  producing  the 
frankincense.  The  king  remembered  the  lesson,  and  when  he 
had  taken  possession  of  Arabia,  he  despatched  a  cargo  of  frank- 
incense and  myrrh  to  his  old  instructor.  From  Greece,  perfumes 
quickly  made  their  way  to  Rome ;  and  although  their  sale  was 
strictly  prohibited,  their  employment  became  more  and  more  ex- 
travagant, until  even  the  eagles  and  standards  were  thought  unfit 
to  face  the  barbarian  hosts  of  Northern  Europe,  unless  the}-  had 
been  duly  anointed  before  battle ;  and  should  the  engagement 
prove  successful,  the  ceremony  was  repeated.  Such  was  the 
demand  for  the  luxury,  that  the  chief  street  of  Capua  was  occu- 
pied solely  by  perfumers'  stores.  The  incense  burnt  by  Nero 
upon  the  pyre  of  his  wife,  Poppoca,  exceeded  the  annual 
production  of  spices  in  Arabia.  At  a  rather  earlier  period 
Platuius  Plancus,  when  proscribed  by  the  triumvirs,  was  betrayed 
by  his  perfumes.  His  place  of  concealment  got  wind,  and  dis- 
covered him  to  his  pursuers." 


70  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

"Describing  the  spectacles  and  Amphitheatre  at  Rome,"  I 
said,  "  Gibbon  observes,  '  the  air  of  the  Amphitheatre  was  con^ 
tinually  refreshed  by  the  pla3ring  of  fountains,  and  profusely  im- 
pregnated by  the  grateful  scent  of  aromatics  ; '  and  also,  '  In  a 
magnificent  temple,  raised  on  the  Palatine  Hill,  the  sacrifices  to 
the  god  Elagabalus  (the  sun),  were  celebrated,  with  every  cir- 
cumstance of  cost  and  solemnity.  The  rarest  aromatics  were 
profusely  consumed  upon  his  altar.' " 

"In  the  Romish  Church,"  Jean  went  on  to  say,  "incense 
is  used  in  many  ceremonies,  and  particularly  at  the  solemn 
funerals  of  the  hierarchy.  Several  passages  in  Exodus  and 
also  in  other  parts  of  the  Scriptures,  prove  the  use  of  perfumes  at 
a  very  early  period  among  the  Hebrews.  In  the  thirtieth  chapter 
of  Exodus  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  '  And  thou  shalt  make  an 
altar  to  burn  incense  upon  ;  of  shittim  wood  shalt  thou  make  it. 
And  Aaron  shall  burn  thereon  sweet  incense  every  morning ; 
when  he  dresseth  the  lamps  he  shall  burn  incense  upon  it.  Take 
unto  thee  sweet  spices,  stacte,  and  onycha  and  galbanum ;  these 
spices  with  pure  frankincense  ;  of  each  shall  there  be  a  like  weight. 
And  thou  shalt  make  it  a  perfume,  a  confection  after  the  art  of 
the  perfumer,  tempered  together,  pure  and  holy.  And  thou  shalt 
beat  some  of  it  very  small,  and  put  it  before  the  testimony  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  where  I  will  meet  with  thee ;  it 
shall  be  unto  you  most  holy.  And  as  for  the  perfume  which  thou 
shalt  make,  ye  shall  not  make  to  yourselves  according  to  the  com- 
position thereof;  it  shall  be  unto  thee  hoi}',  for  the  Lord.  Who- 
soever shall  make  like  unto  that,  to  smell  thereto,  shall  even  be 
cut  off  from  his  people.'  From  this  religious  custom  of  employ- 
ing incense,  the  royal  prophet  drew  that  beautiful  simile  of  his, 
that  his  praj^ers  might  ascend  before  the  Lord  like  incense." 


J 

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I 
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MONS.    SASPORTAS.  71 

••That  the  nations  attached  a  meaning,  not  only  of  personal 
reverence,  but  also  of  religious  homage,  to  an  offering  of  incense," 
I  remarked,  "  is  demonstrable  from  the  instance  of  the  Magi,  who 
having  fallen  down  to  adore  the  new-born  Jesus,  and  recognizing 
his  Divinity,  presented  Him  with  gold,  myrrh  and  frankincense. 
The  primitive  Christians  imitated  the  example  of  the  Jews,  and 
adopted  the  use  of  incense  at  the  celebration  of  the  Liturgy. 
The  use  of  incense  in  all  the  Oriental  Churches  is  continuous ; 
nor  do  any  of  them  ever  celebrate  their  Liturgy  without  it,  unless 
compelled  by  necessit}',  which  seldom  occurs.  The  Coptic,  as 
well  as  other  Eastern  Christians,  observe  the  same  ceremonial  as 
the  Latin  Church,  in  incensing  their  altar,  the  sacred  vessels,  and 
ecclesiastical  personages." 

"A  reverend  gentleman,  describing  the  precious  ointment  of  the 
Scriptures,  saj-s,"  Jean  continued,  after  my  interruption,  "  '  The 
sacied  oil  with  which  the  tabernacle,  the  ark  of  the  covenant,  the 
golden  candlestick,  the  table,  the  altar  of  incense,  the  altar  of 
burnt  offerings,  the  laver,  and  all  the  sacred  utensils,  and  indeed 
the  priests  themselves,  were  anointed,  was  composed  of  a  hin, 
—  which  is  ten  and  one-tenth  pints  Hebrew  measure,  or  twelve 
pints  English  measure  —  of  the  oil  of  olives,  of  the  richest  n^Trh, 
of  cassia,  of  cinnamon,  and  of  sweet  calamus.  The  proportions 
of  the  aromatics  in  the  mixture  were  five  hundred  parts  each 
of  the  myrrh  and  cassia,  and  two  hundred  and  fifty  each  of 
the  cinnamon  and  calamus.  This  ointment  could  not  be  ap- 
plied to  any  other  purpose.' 

"Horace,  in  anode  celebrating  the  return  of  Augustus  from 
Spain,  bids  his  slaves  go  and  seek  for  perfumes,  and  desires  the 
tunefid  Ncacra  to  make  haste  and  collect  into  a  knot  her  scented 
hair.  These  passages  sufficiently  indicate  the  elegant  direction 


72  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

which  the  taste  of  the  Romans  took  iu  the  days  of  this  poet,  who 
himself  was  a  voluptuary  in  flowers  and  fragrances.  Perfumes 
were  used  in  the  Church  service,  not  only  under  the  form  of  in- 
cense, but  also  mixed  in  the  oil  and  wax  for  the  lamps  and  lights 
commanded  to  be  burned  in  the  house  of  the  Lord.  The  bril- 
liancy and  fragrance  which  were  often  shed  around  a  martyr's 
sepulchre,  at  the  celebration  of  his  festival,  by  multitudes  of 
lamps  and  tapers,  fed  with  aromatics,  have  been  noticed  by  St. 
Paulinus,  of  Nola,  a  writer  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  and  beginning 
of  the  fifth  century,  who  tells  us :  — 

"  •  With  crowded  lamps  are  these  bright  altars  crowned, 
And  waxen  tapers,  shedding  perfume  'round 
From  fragrant  wicks,  beam  calm  a  scented  ray, 
To  gladden  night,  and  joy  e'en  radiant  day.' " 

"  Constantine  the  Great,  provided  fragrant  oils,  to  be  burned  at 
the  altars  of  the  greater  churches  in  Rome,"  I  said,  "  and  gold, 
frankincense,  and  myrrh,  in  silken  bags,  are  still  presented  on 
Twelfth-day,  at  the  Chapel  Royal,  in  St.  James  Palace.  For- 
merly the  offering  was  made  by  the  sovereign  in  person.  At 
present  it  is  by  two  persons  connected  with  the  Lord  Chamber- 
lain's office.  It  is  related  that  after  Edward,  the  Confessor,  re- 
built Westminster  Abbej',  being  so  desirous  of  rendering  the 
Abbey  almost  unique  in  its  attractions,  he  endowed  it  with  relics, 
—  in  those  days  beyond  price ;  among  these  were  to  be  noted, 
'  part  of  the  frankincense  offered  to  Jesus  by  the  Eastern  Magi.' " 

"In  accordance  with  an  ancient  custom,"  Jean  said,  "the 
Pope  of  Rome  every  year  blesses  what  is  called  the  Golden  Rose. 
This  flower,  which  is  made  of  the  purest  gold,  and  ornamented 
with  precious  stones,  is  rubbed  with  balm  and  incense.  Hia 


THE  GREAT  AMERICAN   REMEDY. 

A  self-curative  for  DEBILITY,  no  matter  from  what 
cause  it  arises. 


LIFE  INVIGORATOR 

A  Rejuvenating  Elixir. 


WARRANTED    IN    ALL    OASES. 


This  Remedy  is  especially  valuable  for  restoring  lost  powers  of  mind  or  body,  and 
•will  positively  cure  all  cases  of 

Nervous  Debility,  Impotency  and  Weakness, 

Dyspepsia,  Loss  of  Appetite,  Anaemia  or  Wasting  Sickness,  Kidney  Disorders,  Inactive 
Liver,  Malarious  Disorders ;  in  fact,  every  disorder  requiring  a  vitalizing  restorative. 
It  is  the  favorite  prescription  of  DR.  BRYAN,  the  leading  physician  of  the 

NEW  YORK  MEDICAL  AND  SURGICAL  INSTITUTE, 

where  it  has  been    used  for  many  years  with  great   success  for  the  cure  of  the  above 
diseases. 

Price,  One  dollar;  six  'packages,  Five  (Dollars. 

It  may  be  obtained  of  the  principal  druggists,  or  it  may  be  ordered  of  the  undersigned, 
•who  will  pay  express  charges  when  $5.00  is  remitted.     Address, 

MEDICAL  AND  SURGICAL  INSTITUTE, 

147  EAST  FIFTEENTH  STREET,  NEW  YORK. 


MONS.    SASPORTAS.  73 

Holiness  recites  verses,  explaining  the  mystic  meaning  of  the 
benediction,  after  which  he  takes  it  in  his  left  hand,  then  blesses 
the  people.  Mass  is  then  celebrated  in  the  Sistine  Chapel. 
After  the  ceremonj',  this  Gold  Rose  is  ordinarily  sent  to  female 
sovereigns,  sometimes  to  princes,  and  sometimes,  though  rarely, 
to  towns  and  corporations. 

"  Sophie  Curvelli,  the  once  celebrated  opera  singer,  received 
the  last  Golden  Rose,  as  she  gave  up  her  lyric  career  to  become 
a  wife  and  mother,  and  later  a  devotee,  only  singing  for  charita- 
ble purposes." 

"  It  is  time  we  left  these  classic  scenes,"  I  spoke  up.  "  You 
can  tell  us  more  some  other  time,  Jean,  about  the  perfumed  gloves 
and  fatal  caskets  prepared  by  Rene,  the  chemist,  astrologer,  and 
perfumer,  for  the  use  of  his  mistress,  Catherine  de  Medicis,  and 
many  other  interesting  facts.  No  doubt  Brad  and  the  others 
would  be  delighted  to  hear  of  them ;  but  now  it  is  late,  so  we  had 
better  retire." 


THE  "WHITE"  IS  KING. 

Its  Durability  Demonstrated. 
Its  Success  Unparalleled. 

Its  Sale  100,000  Machines  Annually. 

WE  CLAIM  — The  "  WHITE  "  is  the  simplest  constructed  shuttle  sewing  machine  made. 

WE  CLAIM  — The  "  WHITE  "  is  the  lightest  running  shuttle  sewing  machine  made. 

WE  CLAIM  —  The  "  WHITE  "  makes  less  noise  than  any  other  shuttle  machine. 

WE  CLAIM  — The  "WHITE  "has  the  largest  space  under  the  arm  of  any  family  ma- 
chine made. 

WE  CLAIM— The  "  WHITE  "  has  a  self-threading  shuttle,  which  tension  can  he  altered 
without  removing  it  from  the  race. 

WE  CLAIM— The  "  WHITE  "  has  a  self-setting  needle. 

WE  CLAIM— The  "  WHITE  "  has  the  strongest  douhle-feed  (onhoth  sides  of  the  needle) 
of  any  family  machine. 

WE  CLAIM— The  "  WHITE  "  is  adjustable  in  all  its  wearing  parts. 

WE  CLAIM— The  "  WHITE  "  has  the  easiest  working  treadle  of  any  machine  made. 

WE  CLAIM— The  "  WHITE  "  will  do  the  greatest  range  of  work  of  any  family  sewing 
machine  made. 

WE  CLAIM -^- The  "  WHITE  "  is  unsurpassed  for  durability. 

WE  CLAIM— The  "WHITE  "has  the  most  complete  set  of  useful  attachments  of  any 
machine. 

WE  CLAIM  — The  "WHITE"  is  not  only  the  handsomest,  hut  the  host  family  sewing 
machine  in  the  world. 

WE  CLAIM— That  all  our  claims  are  incontrovertible. 

THE  BEST  TEST  OF  DURABILITY. 

COLUMBIA  CORSET  WORKS,  NEW  HAVEN,  CT.,  Jan.  9,  1879. 

DEAR  SIR,  —  In  reply  to  your  favor  would  say  we  have  been  using  the  White  Sewing 
Machine  on  corset  work  about  one  and  a  half  years.  We  have  in  use  nearly  500,  running 
1000  revolutions  per  minute,  and  find  them  the  cheapest  machine  to  keep  in  repair  of  any 
we  ever  had  during  an  experience  of  eighteen  years  in  the  corset  business.  The  machine 
is  so  simple  in  construction  that  we  have  no  trouble  in  learning  beginners  to  use  it  in  com- 
paratively very  short  time.  The  evenness  of  the  tensions  warrants  us  in  using  it  on  our 
finest  class  of  goods  as  well  as  on  the  lower  grades.  It  keeps  the  work  free  from  oil  spots, 
which  is  so  very  essential  in  white  goods.  We  consider  it  the  most  perfect  machine  in  the 
market  for  corset  work,  and  recommend  them  equally  as  highly  for  family  use. 

Yours  truly,  MAYER,  STROUSE  &  CO. 

CLARKE  &  FREEMAN,  New  England  Agents. 
N.  I.  ASHTON,  Boston  Agent. 

SALESROOMS    -     -      163  Tremont  Street. 


CHAPTER   X. 

EMBRACED   BY   A   NATIVE. 

ALONG  voyage  was  before  .us,  for  Brad  had  determined  not  to 
stop  at  any  place  between  St.  Thomas  and  the  Hawaiian  Is- 
lands, unless  absolutely  necessar}-.  He  had  laid  in  a  sufficient 
supply  of  fuel  and  provisions  to  last,  covering  all  ordinary  delaj-s. 
We  continued  on  our  course,  the  uneventful  days  following  each 
other  in  quick  succession,  Jean  and  I  emploj'ing  ourselves  in 
the  laboratory,  and  reading  the  scientific  works  contained  in  Capt. 
Cole's  library.  The  ladies  spent  their  time  in  reading,  sewing 
and  helping  in  any  little  matters  where  their  deft  fingers  were 
needed  and  could  be  used  to  advantage.  Brad  and  Jean  were 
all  attention  to  Susie,  but  she  did  not  encourage  either  of  them. 
Some  da3's  they  were  disconsolate,  at  others  all  excitement  with 
hope  at  some  favor  shown  them,  which  they  construed  as  favora- 
ble to  their  cause.  Patsey  of  course  could  not  keep  quiet.  We 
had  not  been  out  more  than  a  week,  before  he  asked  permission 
to  get  up  an  entertainment  among  the  sailors,  to  pass  away  the 
time.  Permission  being  granted,  after  a  few  days'  rehearsing,  he 
invited  us  to  the  opening  performance.  The  acting  on  his  part 
was  very  good ;  the  gymnastics  were  admirable,  and  the  others 
who  helped  him  did  quite  well  for  novices ;  Patsey  having  that 


MISS   S.   L.   MOBTOiN", 

DRESS  MAKE!}, 

Cutting  and  Basting  of  Ladies'  and  Children's  Suits  by  S.  T.  Taylor's 

System  a  Specialty.     Also,   Pupils  Received  for  Instruction 

in  the  Taylor  System. 

No.  149  A,  TREMONT  STREET, 
ROOM  No.  81.  BOSTOOST, 


JOSEPH   WILLIAMS, 

TAILOR  w  CLOTHES  CLEANED 

8  gOY'LSTOJV  ST&EET, 

ROOM   No.  i, 

Near  Washington  Street BOSTON. 


DYEING  AND  REPAIRING  DONE  IN  THE  BEST  MANNER. 


EMBRACED   BY   A   NATIVE.  75 

managerial  talent,  of  seeing  what,  and  where,  a  performer  would 
show  to  the  best  advantage.  Three  of  the  sailors  being  musically 
inclined,  composed  the  orchestra ;  in  some  of  the  succeeding  ex- 
hibitions Susie  and  Jean  helped  him  out  by  singing  and  playing. 

"With  the  interest  in  preparing  and  the  pleasure  afforded  by  the 
performances,  all  the  occupants  of  the  ship  were  kept  from  feel- 
ing the  time  monotonously.  Once  every  week  the  curtain  was 
drawn  aside  to  show  us  some  novelty.  Patsey's  wonderful  per- 
formances in  the  acrobatic  line  excited  our  highest  encomiums,  and 
as  we  watched  the  innumerable  evolutions  and  gyrations  that  he 
accomplished  with  such  grace  and  apparent  ease,  and  saw  his 
finely  developed  muscles,  we  thought,  "Of  what  is  the  human 
form,  when  righly  trained,  not  capable  ?  " 

"We  experienced  an  occasional  spell  of  bad  weather,  but  none 
of  any  serious  consequence,  and  we  came  across  many  curious 
sights  and  pleasant  scenes  ;  but  as  they  have  been  so  often  and 
variously  described  by  different  writers,  it  would  be  superfluous  to 
speak  of  them.  We  were  now  entering  the  temperate  and  colder 
latitudes,  having  crossed  the  tropic  of  Capricorn.  One  magnificent 
evening,  about  eight  o'clock,  we  were  abreast  of  Cape  Blanc,  thirty 
miles  to  the  leeward  of  Patagonia,  and  the  Straits  of  Magellan 
opened  less  than  seven  hundred  miles  to  the  south  of  us.  Within 
the  next  eight  days,  the  Cynthia  would  be  ploughing  the  waters  of 
the  Pacific.  We  skirted  the  south-east  coast  of  America  with 
great  rapidity;  three  days  later  we  were  at  the  opening  of 
the  Straits  of  Magellan.  Capt.  Cole  concluded  not  to  make  the 
tortuous  passage,  but  to  double  Cape  Horn.  Four  days  from  this, 
about  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  at  fifteen  miles  to  the  south, 
we  doubled  the  solitary  island,  — this  lost  rock  at  the  extremity 
of  the  American  continent,  to  which  some  Dutch  sailors  gave  the 


DR.  RHODES' 


o 


IT  is  an  established  and  well-known  fact, 
and  conceded  by  the  best  medical  authori- 

Hties,  that  nearly  all  diseases  have  their  ori- 
^^  gin  in  the  Spinal  Column.    The  brain  and 
2Q  spine  being  intimately  connected,  and  all 

>the  Jferees  centring  in  the  Spinal  Column 
and  extending  to  all  the   Vital   Organs, 
2  even  to  the  very  extremities  of  the  body, 
therefore  whatever  stimulates  the   Spinal 
ff%  Marrow  or  Nerve  Centre    excites,  stimu- 
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1  1  and  hence  to  the  entire  Human  System. 
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Brain  and  Nervous  Diseases. 

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76  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

name  of  their  native  town,  Cape  Horn.  We  met  many  icebergs 
in  these  waters,  and  were  obliged  to  keep  a  sharp  lookout  to  pre- 
vent being  run  into,  or  crushed.  The  temperature  being  too  low 
for  comfort,  we  did  not  show  ourselves  much  on  deck.  It  was 
not  only  cold,  but  the  weather  was  remarkably  clear.  The  course 
was  taken  towards  the  north-west.  The  next  day  the  screw 
blades  of  our  ship  were  at  last  beating  the  waters  of  the  Pacific. 
A  week  more  and  we  were  nearing  the  Island  of  Juan  Fernandez, 
where  De  Foe's  hero,  the  famed  "Robinson  Crusoe"  spent 
a  solitary  life  so  many  years.  Brad  could  not  but  think  that  his 
father  was  pursuing  a  like  existence,  and  perhaps  undergoing 
greater  hardships  than  even  poor  Robinson  Crusoe  did.  "We  tried 
to  cheer  Brad,  assuring  him  that  no  doubt  John  Gagler  could  ex- 
plain everything  to  him  ;  and  it  would  be  but  a  short  time  before 
we  should  reach  the  Hawaiian  Islands  ;  in  fact  we  were  ahead  of 
tune,  according  to  his  own  reckoning,  as  he  had  told  me  a  few 
days  before.  Brad,  however,  was  rather  quiet  during  that  eve- 
ning, but  the  next  morning  he  was  as  bright  and  pleasant  as 
ever.  I  wanted  to  stop  at  Valparaiso,  Chili,  almost  opposite  the 
Island  of  Juan  Fernandez,  but  thinking  Brad  was  anxious  to  push 
on,  I  did  not  mention  it  then,  but  told  him  of  it  the  next  day, 
when  I  thought  it  too  late,  and  it  was  as  much  as  I  could  do  to 
prevent  him  from  turning  the  ship  about. 

"  Always  tell  me,  Albert,"  he  said  in  his  kindly  way,  "  of  any 
place  you  desire  to  visit.  I  can  spare  what  few  hours  you  wish, 
and  make  it  up  by  putting  on  more  steam.  What  did  you  desire 
to  see  there  ?  " 

"  I  wished  to  see  the  Balsam  of  Tolu  Trees,"  I  replied,  "  and 
to  witness  the  method  of  procuring  the  Balsam  of  Tolu,  a  gum  that 
exudes  from  the —  " 


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CLEANSING  THE  HEAD  FROM  DANDRUFF, 

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EMBRACED    BY   A   NATftVE.  77 

"  Toluifera  Balsammum"  interrupted  Susie. 

"  It  closely  resembles  common  resin,  but  with  the  least  warmth 
it  runs  to  a  liquid  like  brown  treacle,"  added  Jean,  "  and  the 
smell  of  it  is  particularly  agreeable  ;  it  is  quite  soluble  in  alcohol, 
so  that  we  can  make  an  extract  of  it ;  but  it  is  never  used  as  a 
perfume  alone,  but  makes  a  good  basis  for  a  bouquet." 

"  A  bouquet  of  brown  treacle?"  said  Brad,  inquiringly. 

"A  bouquet  of  odors,"  I  explained,  laughing,  "  that  is,  when  dif- 
ferent perfumes  are  mixed  together  in  certain  proportions  to  form 
some  odor  not  obtainable  directly  from  the  plant  or  flower,  such 
as  Extract  of  Jockey  Club,  New  Mown  Ha}',  and  others,  this  gum 
helps  to  retain  the  perfume  upon  the  linen  longer  than  it  would  do 
without  it.  I,  however,  prefer  Gum  Benzoin." 

"Balsam  Tolu  is  sometimes  adulterated  with  common  resin," 
said  Jean  ;  "  in  order  to  detect  this  adulteration,  I  pour  sulphuric 
acid  on  the  balsam,  heat  the  mixture,  and  the  balsam  dissolves  to 
a  cherry-red  fluid,  without  evolving  sulphurous  acid,  but  with  the 
escape  of  benzoic  and  cinnamic  acid,  if  no  common  resin  is 
present.  If  the  balsam  is  adulterated  with  common  resin  it 
foams,  blackens,  and  much  sulphurous  acid  is  set  free." 

"  I  am  sorr}r  you  would  not  let  me  bout  ship  for  Valparaiso,  so 
you  could  obtain  and  see  the  balsam  procured,"  said  Brad.  "  Re- 
member, that  I  will  put  in  at  any  port  you  wish  to  visit." 

"  It  is  of  little  consequence  Brad,"  I  replied,  "  but  if  you  have 
time  to  spare,  I  should  like  to  stop  at  La  Union,  State  of  San 
Salvador,  Central  America,  to  visit  the  forests  in  which  grow  the 
Balsam  of  Peru  Trees,  and  I  can  there  see  how  they  procure  the 
gum,  the  method  differing  but  slightly  from  that  of  collecting  the 
Balsam  of  Tolu." 

"  Certainly,  Albert,  and  I  can  replenish  our  stock  of  provisions 


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THE  Conservatory  of  Music  is  now  so  established  a  fact  in  France,  Ger- 
many, Belgium,  England,  and  America,  that  scarcely  any  definition  of  its 
scope  is  requisite.  It  is  to  music  what  a  college  of  liberal  arts  or  the  univer- 
sity is  to  education  in  general,  and  among  certain  European  nations  it  is 
formally  recognized  by  the  government  with  the  same  liberality  that  is  ac- 
corded to  other  institutions  of  learning.  The  great  tone-masters,  Mendels- 
sohn, David,  Joachim,  and  others  that  might  be  named,  have  earnestly  labored 
to  give  to  musical  education  the  benefit  of  the  advantages  of  a  class  system  of 
instruction  ;  for  by  this  plan  they  secured  to  the  scholar  of  average  means  the 
services  of  better  teachers  and  more  thorough  training  than  they  could  other- 
wise afford,  and  the  general  student,  instead  of  pursuing  his  study  amid  the 
solitude  and  disheartening  atmosphere  of  his  own  room,  was  brought  in  con- 
tact with  congenial  minds,  and  kept  abreast  with  all  the  musical  influences, 
literature,  and  progress  of  his  day.  The  very  atmosphere  of  a  college  is  favor- 
able to  learning.  The  crowd  of  students  bent  on  one  pursuit  ;  the  eminent 
teachers  ;  the  class-rooms  ;  the  costly  and  curious  apparatus  ;  the  library,  and 
daily  drill,  —  all  conspire  to  make  study  interesting.  The  Conservatory  groups 
all  these  advantages  around  musical  instruction.  The  system  that  is  so  bene- 
ficial to  the  study  of  mathematics,  and  the  higher  branches  of  learning,  has 
been  found  equally  serviceable  in  attaining  a  high  musical  education. 

TWENTY-FIVE  TEAKS  have  now  elapsed  since  Dr.  E.  Tourjce  inaugurated 
the  Conservatory  system  of  musical  instruction  in  New  England.  Beginning 
in  a  comparatively  small  way,  as  a  School  of  Music,  it  soon  developed  into  a 
Musical  Institute,  and  in  the  year  1867  expanded  into  a  full-grown  and  well- 
appointed  Conservatory,  on  the  same  basis  and  offering  the  same  advantages 
as  those  which  have  existed  in  Europe  under  the  patronage  of  the  governments, 
or  have  been  founded  by  the  great  composers.  The  Director's  critical  personal 
examination  of  the  most  eelebrated  Music  Schools  in  Europe,  and  his  long  ex- 
perience in  conducting  the  above  institution,  enable  him  to  employ  the  most 
valuable  methods  ;  his  aim  being  to  broaden  the  area  of  musical  culture  in 
this  country,  by  furnishing  the  instruction  of  the  best  masters,  with  the  great- 
est number  of  collateral  advantages,  at  the  lowest  possible  cost  to  pupils. 

The  Director  remembers  with  pardonable  pride  that  more  than  25,000  pupils 
have  availed  themselves  of  its  advantages,  many  of  whom  are  now  prominent 
members  of  the  musical  profession  ;  and  the  New  England  Conservatory  is 
now  known  as  the  largest  Musical  School  in  the  world. 


78  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

there  as  well  as  at  Sail  Francisco,  as  I  find  I  shall  be  obliged  to  do 
before  sailing  for  the  Islands." 

We  were  pleased  to  hear  that  we  were  to  set  foot  on  land  in  a 
few  days  at  La  Union,  as  we  had  had  a  long  voyage  ;  fortunately 
no  mishaps  of  any  serious  nature  had  happened,  and  everyone 
was  in  good  health. 

Two  weeks  and  three  days  from  the  day  of  the  above  con- 
versation between  Brad  and  myself,  we  rounded  Point  Consegui- 
nay,  entered  the  Gulf  of  Fonseca,  and  rode  at  anchor  in  the  har- 
bor of  La  Union.  After  undergoing  the  preliminaries  customary 
upon  the  arrival  of  a  vessel  in  a  foreign  port,  we  went  ashore,  and 
strolled  through  the  town.  Finding  a  public  house  which  was 
highly  recommended  to  us,  we  halted,  and  induced  the  landlord  to 
engage  a  guide  and  interpreter  for  us  ;  he  soon  ushered  into  our 
presence  a  young  man  of  very  prepossessing  appearance.  Upon 
telling  him  our  wishes,  he  promised  to  fulfil  them  to  the  best  of 
his  ability.  In  the  morning,  after  an  early  breakfast,  we  went  on 
the  front  piazza,  of  the  hotel,  and  saw  our  guide  astride  a  mule 
and  leading  six  others,  too  sprightly  looking  the  ladies  thought ; 
but  calming  their  fears  we  were  soon  mounted,  and  on  our  way  to 
the  "Balsam  Coast,"  so  called,  as  that  part  of  the  coast  in  the 
State  of  Salvador,  reaching  from  Acajutla  to  Libertad  is  the  only 
place  where  they  collect  the  article  known  in  commerce  as  the 
Balsam  of  Peru.  This  particular  district  is  intermediate  to  the 
two  ports,  and  does  not  reach  either  of  them  within  three  or  four 
leagues.  We  considered  it  rough  travelling,  the  whole  track 
being  almost  impassable,  and  mule  riding  rather  uncertain. 
Lying  to  the  seaward  of  a  low  lateral  ridge  of  mountains,  this 
district  is  much  broken  up  by  spurs  and  branches,  thrown  off 
from  the  main  eminence,  and  thickly  covered  by  forests.  From 


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EMBRACED    BY   A    NATIVE.  79 

this  cause  it  is  rarely  visited  by  the  residents  of  either  Sonsonate 
or  Salvador. 

"We  travelled  all  day  with  the  exception  of  a  two  hours  nooning, 
and  towards  night,  coming  in  sight  of  an  Indian  village,  we  entered 
it,  intending  to  camp  here  over  night.  We  informed  the  chief  of 
the  tribe  that  our  object  was  to  purchase  of  them  a  quantity  of  the 
balsam,  otherwise  we  would  probably  not  have  been  tolerated,  as 
they  hold  no  intercourse  with  the  towns  or  travellers,  only  what 
is  necessary  for  canying  on  their  peculiar  traffic ;  their  chief 
wealth  being  the  balsam,  of  which  the}r  take  to  market  from 
twenty  thousand  to  twenty-five  thousand  pounds  weight,  annually. 
It  is  sold  in  small  portions  at  a  time  in  the  before  mentioned  towns, 
to  persons  who  purchase  it  for  exportation.  The  trees  yielding  this 
commodity  are  very  numerous  on  this  privileged  spot,  and  are  ap- 
parently limited  to  it ;  for  in  other  parts  of  the  coast,  seemingly 
identical  in  soil  and  climate,  rarely  an  individual  of  the  species, 
is  met  with.  The  Indians  informed  us,  through  our  guide,  that 
the  trees  that  are  well  shaded  }-ield  a  greater  quantity  than  those 
which  are  exposed,  but  when  the}7  have  been  planted  by  hand  and 
cultivated  they  yield  most.  During  the  months  of  December  and 
January,  the  gum  oozes  away  spontaneously,  and  when  thus  pro- 
cured it  is  called  "  Calcauzate."  It  is  orange-colored,  weighs 
less  1han  when  drawn  from  the  tree,  emits  a  strong  odor,  and  is 
pungent  and  volatile.  Our  guide  informed  us,  that  a  very  supe- 
rior balsam  is  sometimes  collected  from  the  flowers,  but  is  very 
scarce,  and  never  found  in  commerce.  "We  tried  to  obtain  some 
of  this  superior  balsam,  but  could  not,  though  we  secured  a  prom- 
ise that  some  should  be  collected  and  sent  to  our  guide,  who 
agreed  to  forward  it  to  Boston  for  us.  "We  had  arrived  just  in 
time  to  see  them  collect  the  common  commercial  balsam,  as  a 


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SO  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

party  of  the  Indians  intended  to  set  out  the  following  morning, 
to  some  trees  which  had  been  prepared. 

The  tree  having  attained  the  proper  age,  five  or  six  years,  the 
"  coseche  "  or  collecting  begins  with  the  dry  season,  usually  in  the 
early  part  of  November.  When  the  season  has  been  more  rainy 
than  usual,  the  product  is  less ;  but  in  order  to  supply  the  defi- 
ciency thus  caused,  the  Indians  heat  the  body  of  the  tree  by  fire, 
b}-  this  means  making  the  gum  exude  more  freely  ;  this  operation 
invariably  causes  the  decay  of  the  tree,  and  should  this  mode  of 
extracting  the  gum  by  heat  be  continued,  the  trees  will  soon  dis- 
appear from  the  coast ;  otherwise,  they  will  increase  in  numbers 
and  attain  to  a  great  age.  The  method  for  the  extraction  of  the 
gum  is  as  follows  :  the  bark,  for  some  distance  up,  is  well  beaten 
on  four  sides  with  a  beetle  or  wooden  hammer,  until  it  is  sepa- 
rated from  the  woody  part,  but  without  injury  or  breaking ;  this 
requires  great  care.  In  performing  this  operation,  four  inter- 
mediate strips  of  bark  are  left  untouched,  so  as  not  to  destroy  the 
vitality  of  the  tree.  Several  notches  or  cuts  are  then  made  in 
the  portions  of  the  beaten  bark  with  a  sharp  Kris  or  Malay  dag- 
ger, and  fire  is  applied  to  the  openings  by  means  of  a  blazing 
torch.  The  exuding  balsam  readily  ignites,  and  is  allowed  to 
burn  for  a  certain  time,  and  is  then  extinguished.  The  tree,  in  this 
hammered  and  heated  state,  is  left  for  fifteen  days  and  carefully 
watched. 

The  above  mentioned  process  had  been  performed  previous  to 
our  arrival,  the  allotted  fifteen  days  had  expired,  and  a  squad 
were  going  to  help  the  watchers  collect  the  balsam.  "We  were 
awakened  before  daylight  by  the  noise  of  preparation ;  not  that  we 
slept  very  soundly  or  comfortably  in  our  quarters,  for  they  were 
pot  the  cleanest  or  most  pleasant  we  had  ever  occupied.  We  had 


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EMBRACED    BY   A    NATIVE.  81 

but  little  time  to  eat  our  breakfast,  for  the  company  were  almost 
ready  to  start.  Bestriding  our  mules,  we  followed  them.  In 
less  than  an  hour's  time,  we  came  in  sight  of  the  balsam  trees. 
They  are  very  handsome,  rather  widely  branching  below,  taper- 
ing toward  the  top,  and  about  fifty  feet  high.  They  were  so 
odoriferous,  thai  we  scented  the  aroma  of  the  flowers  at  a  dis- 
tance of  more  than  a  hundred  yards.  The  flowers  appear  at  the 
&•  .remities  of  the  branches,  generally  in  pairs,  numerous  on  each 
st  sm.  white  and  unequal ;  the  calyx  of  pale  bluish  green,  and 
v(  ry  glutinous  from  exuding  balsam.  The  leaves  were  of  a  dark 
stining  green,  and  the  fruit  almond  shaped,  winged,  and  contain- 
ing a  white  kernel  with  much  balsam. 

Dismounting,  we  fastened  our  animals,  and  went  to  see  the 
Ir..dians  manipulate  the  trees.  The  balsam  was  commencing  to 
run  copiously,  and  was  being  received  on  cotton  rags  stuffed  into 
the  cuts,  and  when  saturated  were  .pressed,  and  thrown  into 
earthen-ware  pots,  containing  boiling  water,  and  the  cut  repacked 
with  others.  The  heat  detached  the  balsam  from  the  cotton,  and 
it  being  of  less  gravity  than  the  water,  floated  on  top,  was 
skimmed  off  and  poured  into  clean  jars.  When  thus  prepared,  it 
was  of  a  very  dark  brown  color,  dirty,  and  of  the  consistency  of 
molasses.  It  was  afterwards  cleaned  and  clarified  by  settling 
and  reboiKng ;  the  impure  parts  rising  to  the  surface,  were 
skimmed  off,  and  sold  for  making  an  inferior  tincture,  used  as  a 
medicine  among  the  Indians.  The  refined  balsam  is  purchased 
on  the  coast  at  an  average  price  of  from  three  to  four  reals,  that 
is,  from  thirty-eight  to  fifty  cents  per  pound.  It  sometimes 
undergoes  a  second  clearing,  when  it  brings  a  higher  price  as 
"  refinado."  After  the  first  cleaning,  it  is  of  an  amber  color, 
which  darkens  in  cooling.  The  extraction  from  the  tree  is  only 
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82  A  ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME   LANDS. 

made  during  the  four  days  of  each  week,  that  is,  four  cosecAes, 
courses  or  extractions,  per  month,  for  each  tree,  and  the  average 
produce  is  from  three  to  five  pounds  per  week.  As  soon  as  the 
suppty  begins  to  fail,  fresh  cuts  are  made  in  the  beaten  bark,  fire 
again  applied,  and  after  fifteen  days'  rest  the  extraction  is  resumed. 
In  this  manner  the  collecting  continues  until  the  first  ains  appear, 
when  all  trdbajo  or  work  ceases.  Jean  told  us  that  "  For  a  long 
time  this  balsam  was  erroneously  supposed  to  be  a  production  of 
South  America  ;  for  in  the  early  period  of  the  Spanish  dominion, 
and  by  the  commercial  regulations  then  existing  relative  to  the 
fruits  of  this  coast,  it  was  usually  sent  by  the  merchants  here,  to 
Callao,  and  being  thence  transmitted  to  Spain,  it  there  received 
the  name  of  Balsam  of  Peru,  being  deemed  indigenous  to  that  re- 
gion. The  real  place  of  its  origin  was  known  only  to  a  few  mer- 
cantile men." 

Returning  to  the  camp  we  purchased  enough  to  put  the  Indians 
in  good  humor,  and  show  them  we  came  for  business,  as  well  as 
curiosit}',  and  stopping  with  them  for  the  night,  we  set  out  early 
the  next  morning  on  our  way  back.  During  the  return  journey, 
our  guide  gave  us  some  statistics  regarding  the  value  and  quantity 
of  the  exports  of  this  balsam. 

He  said  that  "  as  earty  as  1855  there  were  twenty-two  thousand 
eight  hundred  pounds  exported  from  Salvador,  valued  at  about 
nineteen  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars,  and  probably  now  it  is 
double  that  quantity  and  worth.  In  the  district  of  Cuisnagua 
there  are  three  thousand  six  hundred  trees,  which  jaeld  altogether 
only  six  hundred  pounds  of  the  gum  annually  ;  with  proper  care 
in  the  extraction,  each  tree  would  yield  from  two  to  three  pounds, 
making  the  total  quantity  capable  of  being  produced,  in  this  dis- 
trict alone,  about  ten  thousand  pounds.  On  the  coast  of  Chiqui- 


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EMBRACED   BY   A   NATIVE.  83 

mulilla,  in  Guatemala,  there  are  many  trees  that  would  yield  the 
balsam  ;  but  hitherto  it  has  not  attracted  the  attention  of  the  peo- 
ple of  the  country  to  collect  it,  and  bring  it  to  market." 

"  How  long  will  a  tree  produce?"  I  asked. 

"  A  good  tree."  he  replied,  "  with  careful  usage,  will  produce 
well  for  thirty  years,  after  which  if  it  is  allowed  to  remain  five  or 
six  j'ears  at  rest,  or,  as  the  Indians  say,  '  to  renew  its  strength,' 
it  will  again  yield  for  several  years." 

He  also  informed  us  "  that  according  to  a  manuscript  copy  of  a 
Papal  Bull,  at  present  among  the  old  records  in  Tzalco,  '  Balsamo 
Negro*  was  in  such  high  estimation,  that  in  1562  Pio  IV.,  and 
in  1571  Pio  V.,  issued  edicts  authorizing  the  clergy  to  use  this 
precious  balsam  in  the  consecration  of  the  '  Sagrada  Crisma,'  and 
pronounced  it  sacrilege  to  destroy  or  injure  any  tree  producing  it. 
Copies  of  these  bulls  are,  — he  told  us,  — still  in  existence  among 
the  archives  of  Guatemala." 

The  odor  of  this  substance  resembles  very  nearly  that  of  vanilla, 
but  is  not  so  generally  pleasing.  On  account  of  its  dark  color, 
it  cannot  be  employed  to  any  extent  in  liquid  perfumery ;  but 
added  to  soap,  it  imparts  to  it  its  fragrance,  and  at  the  same  time 
causes  the  soap  to  wash  with  a  soft,  creamy  lather.  Balsam  of 
Peru,  having  also  the  characteristic  of  a  mild  medicinal  action 
upon  the  skin,  soap  containing  it  is  said  to  be  "  healing  "  ;  hence 
it  is  useful  in  winter  for  chapped  skin. 

Reaching  the  base  of  a  mountain,  we  commenced  the  ascent ;  the 
mules  being  accustomed  to  the  ups  and  downs  of  this  country, 
easily  clambered  up  ;  arriving  at  the  notch  or  gap  where  we  could 
pass  to  the  other  side,  we  dismounted  for  a  nooning ;  the  view 
from  our  present  elevated  position  was  magnificent,  and  after  we 
dined  we  sat  for  a  long  time  enjoying  the  prospect.  Our  guide, 


To  gratify  the  many  requests  of  patients  who  have  been  benefited  and  their  lives  saved 
by  the  use  of  Mrs.  JULYE  MYERS'  Drawing  and  Healing  Salve,  the  following  tes- 
timonial is  respectfully  submitted:  — 

BOSTON,  Dec.  13, 1880. 

MBS.  JULYE  MYEBS  —  Madame :  About  the  3d  of  December,  1879, 1  was  taken  with  a 
swelling  in  my  foot,  which  settled  into  dry  Gangrene.  1  was  told  that  I  had  not  twenty- 
four  hours  to  live.  My  wife,  catching  at  the  last  straw,  applied  your  Salve ;  it  kept  the 
Gangrene  from  spreading  any  further,  and  saved  my  life.  I  am  78  years  of  age,  and  I  owe 
the  few  remaining  years  of  my  life  entirely  to  you.  Yours,  etc., 

WILLIAM  WOOD,  45  Buckingham  St. 

And  many  more  lie  open  for  inspection  in  my  office,  287  Shawnrmt  Avenue.  Here- 
tofore the  lancet  was  used  as  the  on ly  remedy  for  Carbuncles,  Felons  and  Tumors;  now 
my  Drawing  and  Healing  Salve  takes  its  place  and  cures  the  most  obstinate  cases  like  a 
charm.  My  Salve  also  cures  Sores  of  Ions,'  standing,  Boils,  Erysipelas,  Ulcers,  Soft 
and  Ulcerated  Corns,  Piles,  Salt  Rheum  and  Inflamed  Joints.  My  Rheumatic  Cure  is 
also  widely  known  for  its  good  properties  and  its  benefits  in  using  the  same.  Both  can 
be  obtained  of  all  druggists.  Consultation  free  at  my  office,  287  Shawmut  Avenue. 

MRS.  JULYE  MYERS. 


84  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

leading  the  mules,  had  gone  far  ahead,  we  preferring  to  walk 
awhile  for  a  change.  We  were  descending  the  mountain,  follow- 
ing the  rough  road ;  my  wife  was  strolling  a  few  rods  ahead ;  I 
was  next  behind,  and  the  others  some  distance  in  the  rear.  My 
wife  turned  on  a  curve  in  the  path,  and  was  hid  from  our  sight  by 
a  large  mass  of  rock  that  had  fallen  across  the  way,  and  which  the 
road  had  changed  its  course  to  avoid.  A  minute  after  losing 
sight  of  her,  we  heard  her  scream  and  call  for  help.  I  rushed 
forward  as  fast  as  possible,  picking  up,  whilst  running,  a  large 
stone  ;  when  I  turned  the  curve,  there  before  me  stood  my  wife, 
confronted  by  a  huge  cinnamon  bear.  He  was  standing  upright, 
and  preparing  to  advance.  I  came  upon  them  with  such  impetu- 
osity that  it  carried  me  forward  directly  within  reach  of  the  beast, 
who,  grasping  me  by  the  shoulder,  pulled  me  into  his  embrace. 
I  struck  him  a  heavy  blow  on  the  head  with  the  stone,  but  it  did 
not  seem  to  discommode  him  in  the  least,  and  the  stone  was 
thrown  from  my  hand  with  the  force  of  the  rebound.  I  had  just 
time  to  push  my  left  arm  up  under  his  throat,  and  thus  keep 
his  head  back,  so  that  his  great  red  mouth,  with  its  rows  of  long, 
sharp,  white  teeth,  were  but  an  inch  from  my  face.  We  stood 
thus  for  a  second,  when  I  felt  his  embrace  growing  tighter  and 
tighter ;  felt  his  hot  breath  nearer,  his  great  eyes  staring  into 
mine ;  felt  my  strength  quickly  oozing  away,  and  my  breath 
harder  to  draw,  from  the  powerful  pressure  he  was  exerting; 
slowly,  but  surely,  he  was  crushing  me  to  death. 

Why  did  not  the  others  come  to  my  assistance!  Oh,  for 
some  help  !  What  thoughts  filled  my  brain  !  Was  I  to  die  thus  ! 
No  !  One  more  effort,  even  if  it  takes  the  last  breath.  Pushing 
my  left  arm  up  as  hard  as  possible,  —  perhaps  remembering  some 
of  my  old  wrestling  tricks  of  my  boyhood  days,  never  dreaming 


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A  Wonderful  Triumph  of  Mechanical  Skill,  and  the  Most  Perfect  Musical 

Instrument  in   Design,  Operation  and  Effect  that 

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It  will  play  any  tune  that  ever  was  written  in  a  melodious  and  pleasing  manner.  Diffi- 
cult and  simple  music  produced  in  a  masterly  style.  It  can  be  played  by  a  CHILD  as 
well  as  by  a  grown  person,  and  will  furnish  music  for  the  parlor  or  drawing-room, 
singing-schools  and  social  gatherings,  playing  HOUR  AFTER  HOUR  without  any  knowledge 
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The  most  wonderful  of  all  musical  inventions,  a  machine  which,  in  a  purely  mechanical 
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EMBRACED    BY   A   NATIVE.  85 

I  should  have  to  use  them  in  a  case  of  life  and  death,  —we  stiug- 
gled  around  and  around,  till  at  last  getting  my  right  leg  back  of 
his  right  one,  I  made  a  lift ;  over  we  went,  luckity  he  underneath, 
but  he  still  kept  that  murderous  embrace. 

We  crashed  down,  down,  over  and  over, — for  the  declivity 
was  steep,  —  each  time  that  I  came  underneath  it  seemed  as  if 
every  bone  in  my  body  was  broken ;  still  we  kept  on.  Would 
we  never  stop  !  And  horror  of  horrors !  What  is  that  I  get  a 
glimpse  of !  During  one  of  our  revolutions  when  I  was  uppermost, 
I  perceived  only  a  short  distance  below  us,  a  frightful  chasm, 
with  steep,  precipitous  sides  ;  we  were  fast  approaching  it,  — death, 
inevitable  death,  for  both  of  us.  If  I  could  loosen  his  grip; 
break  those  huge  arms  of  sinews  and  muscles  ;  but  a  sudden  and 
powerful  shock  arrests  us,  almost  throwing  me  from  his  grasp, 
and  taking  about  the  last  atom  of  breath  from  my  body.  A  huge 
boulder  blocked  the  descent,  and  the  bear  struck  it.  If  it  had 
been  me,  I  shudder  to  think  of  the  consequences.  For  a  moment 
it  stunned  both  of  us  ;  the  bear  recovered  first,  and  rising  to  his 
feet,  he  pulled  me  to  an  upright  position.  Again  we  were  face 
to  face,  —  man  and  beast,  —  in  a  terrible  struggle  for  life,  and 
again  he  commenced  that  mighty  embrace.  In  lifting  me  up  the 
beast  raised  me  higher  than  before,  so  that  my  head  was  far 
above  his,  and  my  toes  not  touching  the  ground.  I  could  look 
down  into  his  face,  with  that  red,  cavernous  looking  mouth  and 
throat,  and  those  devilish  eyes  ;  my  arm  was  still  under  his  throat 
so  he  could  not  as  yet  reach  mo  vrith  his  jaws,  but  having  no  rest 
for  my  feet,  I  could  not  again  overthrow  him  ;  neither  did  I  wish 
to,  for  over  his  head  I  could  see  that  frightful  precipice,  only  a 
few  yards  away.  What  could  I  do !  My  breath  and  strength 
were  almost  exhausted.  If  I  only  had  some  weapon,  my  right 


86  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

arm,  almost  free,  below  his  fore  paws,  I  could  use  to  advantage, 
I  felt  in  my  breast  pocket.  Nothing,  nothing,  only  a  wicker  cov- 
ered flask.  Of  what  use  is  a  flask  !  A  thought  strikes  me  ;  the 
bottle  is  of  no  use,  but  it  contents  may  be  ;  for  it  is,  or  was  when 
I  started  from  the  ship,  filled  with  the  strongest  liquid  ammonia,  of 
which  I  usually  carried  a  small  supply,  to  experiment  with  upon 
odors,  to  find  their  composition,  and  for  various  other  purposes. 
If  the  stopple  has  not  got  out,  or  the  flask  broken  in  our  mad 
career  down .  the  mountain  side,  perhaps  I  can  accomplish  some- 
thing with  it. 

I  drew  the  bottle  out  slowly,  it  being  almost  impossible  from 
the  immense  pressure  on  it ;  but  at  last  it  came,  and  the  space 
left  gave  me  one  good  breath.  Now  to  raise  my  arm  above  his 
head  ;  I  cannot  get  it  by  those  crushing  arms,  neither  can  I  reach 
over  them ;  my  heart  fails  me,  when  I  hear  the  shouts  of  Jean 
and  Brad.  The  bear  on  hearing  the  calls,  released  his  hold  for 
a  second,  but  only  to  resume  it  more  powerfully,  seemingly  deter- 
mined not  be  deprived  of  his  prey.  In  that  second's  release  I 
had  gained  the  freedom  of  my  right  arm,  pulling  the  stopple  of 
the  bottle  with  my  teeth,  the  fumes  of  the  ammonia  escaping,  al- 
most overpowered  me,  so  that  I  came  near  dropping  it.  Recov- 
ering myself,  I  dashed  the  ammonia  into  the  bear's  face  ;  it  entered 
his  eyes,  his  nostrils  and  his  mouth,  and  such  a  howl  as  he  emitted 
probably  never  before  awoke  the  echoes  of  those  mountains. 
He  dropped  me  like  a  red-hot  poker,  and  with  somersaults  which 
would  have  put  to  shame  the  gymnastics  of  Patsey,  he  rushed 
towards  the  precipice  as  if  ten  thousand  demons  were  pursuing 
him ;  when  he  reached  the  brink,  his  paws  digging  at  his  eyes, 
he  gave  one  tremendous  bound,  and  making  nearly  one  hundred 
revolutions  a  minute,  he  disappeared  from  view  into  the  frightful 


EMBRACED   BY  A   NATIVE.  87 

chasm,  carrying  with  him  an  avalanche  of  earth  and  stones. 
I  heard  my  companions  fast  approaching,  and  Patsey  calling 
to  the  departing  bear :  — 

"Shure  an'  I  hope  ye'll  find  phat  your'e  lookin'  after,  and 
whin  ye  rach  the  bottom  that  ye'll  bring  up  suddintly.  Faith  an' 
he  bates  me  on  somersets  intirely." 

My  head  began  to  swim,  a  faintness  overcame  me,  and  I 
knew  no  more  until  I  awoke  with  my  head  in  my  wife's  lap,  and 
Brad,  Susie  and  Jean  were  bending  over  me.  Patsey  had  gone 
to  see  if  the  bear  was  still  continuing  his  explorations  to  the 
lower  regions. 

These  events  happened  in  a  much  shorter  space  of  time  than  it 
has  taken  to  describe  them.  It  seems  that  Brad  and  Jean,  as 
soon  as  they  saw  me  go  to  the  assistance  of  my  wife,  followed  me, 
but  did  not  reach  my  wife,  whom  they  found  had  fainted,  until 
the  bear  and  I  had  commenced  our  roll.  They  stopped  a  moment 
to  try  and  revive  her,  but  seeing  my  critical  situation,  they  left 
her,  and  came  to  my  assistance  as  fast  as  possible ;  then  being 
certain  of  my  safety,  went  back  and  restored  her,  assuring  her  of 
my  escape  ;  then  they  returned  to  me,  Patsey  following  the  bear 
as  before  mentioned.  It  was  unfortunate  that  I  did  not  carry 
any  firearms,  but  as  Capt.  Cole  and  the  others  were  armed,  and 
I  having  no  experience  in  their  use,  I  had  always  refrained  from 
carrying  them.  I  was  considerably  scratched  and  bruised,  and 
it  was  with  difficulty  that  I  could  stand. 

The  guide  having  come  back  to  see  what  delayed  us,  was  told 
of  the  adventure,  and  had  gone  on  again  and  brought  back  one 
of  the  mules ;  he  held  me  on  while  we  slowly  descended  the 
mountain,  so  slowly  we  did  not  reach  the  hotel  till  late  into  the 
night.  After  dressing  my  wounds  we  retired.  I  was  confined  to 


88  A    ROMANCE   OP    PERFUME    LANDS. 

my  bed  for  two  days ;  at  the  end  of  that  time,  though  feeling 
somewhat  weak  and  sore,  I  concluded  to  wait  no  longer.  I  was 
sorry  to  have  delayed  Brad,  for  perhaps  by  my  wishing  to  afford 
myself  a  short  pleasure,  I  might  be  the  cause  of  his  again  missing 
John  Gagler.  "We  set  sail  immediately ;  full  steam  was  put  on 
to  make  up  for  lost  time,  and  we  soon  sighted  the  Sandwich 
Islands 


CHAPTER  XI. 

THE  GHOST  OF  JACOB  COLE. 

morning  when  I  went  on  deck,  having  now  almost  fully  re- 
covered  my  strength,  I  saw  about  two  miles  ahead,  Hawaii, 
the  largest  of  the  seven  islands  that  form  the  group.  We  could 
see  clearly  the  cultivated  ranges,  and  the  several  mountain  drains, 
that  run  parallel  with  the  side,  and  the  volcanoes  that  overtop 
Mauna  Kea,  which  rises  five  thousand  yards  above  the  level  of 
the  sea.  Brad  was  greatly  excited  at  the  appearance  of  land. 
He  kept  walking  back  and  forth  on  the  deck,  his  nervousness 
showing  itself  in  every  step  he  took. 

"  What  if  we  should  miss  the  ship  now,"  he  said  to  me  as  he 
passed  me.  "  It  seems  as  if  fate  only  drew  me  on,  and  when  just 
on  the  point  of  realizing  my  hopes,  they  are  frustrated  by  some 
untoward  accident.  If  I  don't  find  John  Gagler  here,  I  will  fol- 
low him,  if  I  have  to  go  around  the  world." 

"  Have  a  little  patience,  Brad,"  said  I;  "you  have  made  all 
your  calculations,  and  even  the  unavoidable  delays  which  we  have 
experienced,  will  hardly  put  us  back  and  make  us  too  late  to 
meet  the  ship.  Take  it  coolly  ;  we  are  almost  there  now." 

We  soon  approached  the  shore  and  no  sooner  was  the  anchor 
cast  and  the  ship  swung  to,  than  Brad  ordered  a  boat  manned, 

80 


90  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME     LANDS. 

and  we  both  jumped  in.  He  urged  his  men  to  pull  with  a  will ; 
reaching  the  landing,  we  went  quickly  to  the  Consul's  office  to 
see  the  report  of  arrivals.  On  the  list  we  found  the  "Pe- 
gasus," which  had  arrived  only  the  day  before.  Brad's  spirits 
rose  at  this,  and  with  slackened  pace  we  proceeded  again  to  the 
boat,  and  the  sailors  pulled  toward  the  offing  where  we  were  told 
the  ship  lay.  We  soon  came  alongside  her,  and  signaling,  we 
were  met  at  the  gangway  by  the  first  mate.  Brad  introduced 
himself  and  me,  and  inquired  if  they  had  on  board  a  man  by  the 
name  of  John  Gagler. 

"We  have,  sir,"  said  the  mate. 

"  Can  I  see  him  ?  "  asked  Brad. 

"Aye,  a}re,  sir;  there  he  sits  forward,  near  the  capstan." 

We  both  looked  in  the  direction  indicated.  On  a  block  sat  an 
old  man,  his  elbows  on  his  knees,  his  chin  resting  in  his  hands, 
and  his  head  turned  partially  to  one  side.  Peering  out  into  the 
distance,  he  seemed  to  be  day  dreaming.  For  a  moment  Brad  hesi- 
tated to  approach  him ;  but  advancing  slowly  he  came  close  to 
him ;  still  the  man  did  not  notice  him.  Brad  touched  him  on 
the  shoulder  and  said,  — 

"John  Gagler,— " 

Before  Brad  could  continue,  the  old  man  turned  and  held  up  his 
hands  as  if  to  keep  Brad  from  approaching  him.  His  wrinkled, 
weather-beaten  face,  assumed  a  frightened  aspect ;  he  shook  as 
with  ague,  and  his  eyes  stared  at  Brad  with  a  look  of  fear.  What 
could  be  the  matter !  Brad  was  about  to  speak  to  him  again, 
when  the  old  man  raised  one  arm,  covering  his  face  as  if  trying 
to  shut  Brad  from  his  view,  aud  with  his  hand  motioned  him 
away.  In  a  low,  mumbling  voice  he  at  last  said,  — 

"  Avast,  Jacob.     Why  do  you  come  to  me?    Why  do  you  thus 


THE    GUOST   OF    JACOB    COLE.  91 

happear,  looking  hexactty  the  same  has  I  knew  ye  more  than 
thirty  years  hago?  Was  I  not  always  faithful?  Did  I  hever 
do  hanything  to  'arm  ye  or  yours  ?  Last  night  I  dreamt  hof 
the  spirits  of  old  hacquaintances  long  gone  to  Davy  Jones's. 
Now,  hin  broad  dajiight  ye  happear  to  me.  Go,  go,  I  beseech 

ye." 

His  voice  had  fallen  to  a  piteous  imploring  tone,  and  sinking 
back  on  his  seat,  he  buried  his  head  in  his  hands.  Brad  hardly 
knew  what  to  make  of  it,  and  stood  staring  at  him  not  unlike  a 
spectre,  until  he  saw  him  sink  back ;  then  comprehending  the 
situation,  he  said  to  him  reassuringly, — 

"  My  name  is  not  Jacob.  I  am  real  flesh  and  blood.  See  !  — 
take  my  hand  !  No  ghost  ever  possessed  the  like.  Perhaps  my 
resemblance  to  my  father  has  deceived  you.  My  name  is  Brad- 
ford Cole." 

John  Gagler,  for  he  it  was,  as  it  became  clearer  to  him,  slowly 
raised  his  head,  looking  yet  a  little  incredulous,  and  cautiously 
stretching  forth  his  hand,  took  that  of  Brad's,  looking  into  his 
face  long  and  earnestly. 

"You  see,  now,"  said  Brad,  pleasantly  and  smiling,  "you 
were  mistaken." 

"The  same  voice,  form,  heyes,  'air,  heverything,"  muttered 
John  Gagler,  ' '  'ow  many  ha  time  'as  your  father  stood  afore  me 
looking  hexactly  as  you  do.  Shiver  my  timbers,  me  boy,  don't 
wonder  it  made  me  blue  habout  the  gills  hat  first."  Then 
rising,  he  took  both  of  Brad's  hands  in  his,  and  pressing  them  lov- 
ingh',  inquired,  what  brought  him  there,  how  he  knew  him,  how 
he  found  him,  and  pour  3d  in  questions  upon  him  like  grapeshot 
from  a  battery. 

Brad  answered  them  all,  told  him  how  his  mother  had  read  the 


92  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

advertisement,  how  she  had  followed  him  from  place  to  place, 
and  how  she  had  left  the  task  of  finding  John  Gagler  to  him ; 
how  he  had  faithfully  kept  on  the  trail,  till  now  he  had  fulfilled 
his  mother's  request  and  found  him.  Could  he  tell  him  about  his 
father,  as  upon  him  he  relied  to  solve  the  mystery. 

"  Your  father,  your  father,"  said  John  Gagler,  thoughtfully, 
"  'ow  strange  hit  seems.  I  am  hafraid  I  can  throw  but  little  glim 
on  his  fate." 

"But  were  you  not  with  him  on  his  last  voyage?"   Brad 


"  Aye,  aye,  sir !  I  were,  but  not  to  the  hend.  Where  that  hend 
were  I  know  not,  but  I'll  tell  you  hall  I  do  know,  and  ye  can  then 
see  hif  ye  can  make  hanything  hout  of  hit.  Sit  ye  down  ;  who's 
your  mate,  Bradford?" 

Brad  introduced  me,  and  we  sat  down  waiting  impatiently  for 
the  old  sailor  to  begin. 

"  Well,  lad !  Lord  love  ye  !  'ow  ye  'ave  grown  !  You  remember 
the  day  we  started,"  he  began,  "your  mother  han'  you  came 
down  to  the  ship  to  see  us  hoff ;  ye  were  but  ha  little  mite  then. 
We  slipped  hour  cable,  and  went  bowling  hout  of  the  'arbor ; 
the  weather  could'nt  'ave  been  finer ;  everybody  prophesied  ha 
pleasant  han'  successful  viage.  The  weather  continued  fine  hun- 
til  we  'ad  halmost  reached  hour  destination.  Yer  father  traded 
then  with  the  East  Ingees,  and  'ad  hon  ha  cargo  of  Hinglish 
staple  goods  to  hexchange  for  the  productions  of  them  hislauds. 
The  night  hafore  we  hexpected  to  sight  the  hisland  we  traded 
with,  h'it  were  clear  and  beautayus.  Well,  me  'arties,  heuough 
to  say  a  squall  struck  us,  one  of  the  fierce  hand  sudden  ones  hof 
those  latitudes.  I  won't  tire  ye  spinning  ha  yarn  about  it,  but 
'ope  hi  may  die  Lif  I  hever  hexpcrienced  the  likes  hafore,  hor 


THE    GHOST   OF   JACOB   COLE.  93 

since.  Hit  were  a  regilar  typhooner.  Yer  father  were  hat  'is 
post,  and  never  left  the  deck  for  three  days  han'  nights. 

' '  We  drove  hon  hall  this  time  hafore  the  wind,  we  knew  not 
whither,  for  hall  control  hof  the  vessel  'ad  been  lost.  We  'adn't 
seen  ha  sign  hof  the  sun  during  the  'ole  time  ;  one  mast  was  gone, 
;ind  t'other  swaying  to,  han'  we,  thinking  hevery  moment  to  be 
swamped.  The  gale  bio  wed  great  guns,  han'  t'ords  the  hend  hof 
the  third  day  the  wind  seemed  to  hincrease,  han'  blowed  from 
hall  quarters  and  the  seas  which  'ad  been  kept  down  by  the  steady 
wind,  rose  'igher  han'  'igher,  han'  rolled  hover  the  deck,  one  time 
carrying  hoff  two  hof  our  men.  I  was  one  hof  them.  I  never 
saw  my  messmate  hagin.  The  last  I  saw  hof  your  father,  'e  were 
standing  near  the  gunnell,  looking  to  see  hif  we  could  be  rescued, 
but  'e  saw  hit  was  hof  no  use.  He  cast  over  ha  'encoop  han'  ha 
box." 

"  Then  you  do  not  know  where  my  father  is,  or  what  became 
of  him  ?  "  asked  Brad  despondingly. 

'Old  'ard,  me  lad,"  answered  he.  "  The  ship  seemed  to  fly 
from  me.  H after  ha  long  time  I  ran  halongside  the  'encoop  han' 
boarded  it,  han'  rested  my  haching  limbs.  'Ow  near  land  I  was 
I  couldn't  tell.  The  day  afore  we  'ad  'eard  breakers  hindistinctly 
han'  supposed  we  were  passing  some  hisland  ;  but  since  daybreak 
we  'ad  noticed  but  one  such  hindication.  Night  coming  hon,  I 
couldn't  see  me  'and  before  me  heyes,  hit  were  so  pitchy  dark. 

' '  Hanother  day  han'  night,  still  the  storm  continued ;  'unger 
gnawed  hat  me  witals.  I  was  not  very  thirsty,  the  rain  supply- 
ing me  with  drink.  The  morning  hof  the  second  day  hit  broke 
haway,  han'  the  sun  came  down  upon  me  with  ha  scorching  'eat ; 
but  the  prospect  seemed  brighter.  No  signs  has  yet  hof  land. 
I  now  felt  kinder  shaky  hin  my  timbers,  for  my  'unger  was  bin- 


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Page  85. 


94  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

tease.  Thinking  hof  what  were  my  resting  place,  I  felt  hunder- 
neath,  ban'  to  me  joy  I  found  floating  near  the  hnpper  deck  hof 
the  coop  ha  'en  ;  breaking  hoff  ha  slat,  I  pulled  hit  hout.  The 
salt  water  'ad  penetrated  hit,  but  I  tore  hit  hasimder  han'  de- 
voured hit.  It  revived  me  for  havvhile,  but  the  'cat,  and  salt  in 
the  meat  haggravated  me  thirst ;  many  times  was  I  tempted  to 
drink  hof  the  water  haround  me,  but  I  restrained  meself,  'oping  to 
see  ha  ship  or  land. 

"  Hafter  dark,  'oldin'  to  my  now  halmost  waterlogged  support, 
I  thought  I  'ecrd  the  break  hof  the  surf.  'Ow  anxiously  I  waited 
for  mornin',  you  can  himagine.  When  day  broke,  land  lay  hafore 
me,  —  a  low  coast,  with  ha  long  stretch  of  beach.  The  current 
swept  me  halong  the  shore,  but  did  not  seem  to  be  takin'  me 
to'rds  land.  Being  hafraid  I  should  be  carried  haway  from  the 
shore,  I  left  the  coop,  and  swam  to'rds  it.  I  was  so  weak  hit 
took  hall  the  remaining  strength  I  'ad  to  reach  the  beach,  hon 
which  I  lay  for  hours,  hexausted.  Hafter  recovering  me  strength, 
I  wandered  habout  han'  hobtained  food  han'  water  in  habun- 
dance. 

"But  where  is  my  father?"  asked  Brad,  again  getting  impa- 
tient. 

"  Your  father,"  replied  John  Gagler,  "  I  'aven't  seen  from  that 
time  to  this." 

"  Then  you  cannot  tell  me  anymore  about  him?" 

"  Only  this,"  he  continued.  "For  five  long  years  I  lived 
halone  hon  this  island,  during  that  time  never  seeing  ha  'uman 
bein'.  The  sixth  year  I  was  captured  by  some  natives  hof  the 
neighboring  islands,  who  surprised  me  hat  night  when  return- 
ing to  me  'ut.  They  'ad  landed  hon  the  hother  side  hof  the  is- 
land, han'  I  'adn't  seen  them ;  if  I  'ad,  I  should  'ave  kept  haway 


THE  GHOST  OF  JACOB  COLE.  95 

from  'em.  I  were  kept  a  slave  by  these  savages  for  two  years, 
ban'  picked  up  a  smatterin'  hof  their  language.  I  questioned 
them  hin  regard  to  the  'urricane  hof  the  time  when  I  was  washed 
hoverboard,  han'  foun'  many  who  remembered  hit  well,  saying  hit 
were  the  worst  hever  known  ;  they  told  hof  many  a  wrecked  ves- 
sel. One  hin  particular  seemed  as  if  hit  might  be  our  ship, 
which  they  said  they  'ad  'eard  hof,  on  han  island  many 
miles  to  the  south;  that  there  'ad  been  'uman  bein's  hon  the 
shore,  who  'ad  come  from  the  wreck  han'  'ad  stayed  ha  consider- 
able time,  has  there  were  'uts  han'  other  hindications ;  but  who- 
ever they  were  they  'ad  left  hin  ha  boat  built  by  themselves,  han' 
'ad  never  returned. 

"I  obtained  all  the  information  I  could  concerning  the  posi- 
tion hof  the  island.  From  hall  I  could  gather  it  was  near 
Australia,  west,  habout  five  'undred  miles  from  the  coast.  I  made 
me  hescape  from  these  savages  by  floating  down  the  river,  —  they 
lived  some  distance  from  the  shore,  —  to  the  sea,  where  I  'ad  seen 
ha  vessel  'ove  to  ;  my  'ead  covered  with  a  gourd  which  I  had  dug 
out  for  the  purpose,  and  hat  night  swam  to  the  ship  han'  was 
taken  haboard.  Reaching  London  hafter  many  minor  hadven- 
tures,  I  hadvertised  for  friends  hof  yere  father,  thinking  per*aps 
'e  'ad  reached  'ome  hafore  me ;  han'  'avin'  no  relations,  myself 
han'  me  friends  hall  hadrift,  I  wanted  to  find  'im  hor  some  hof 
'is  connections." 

For  sometime  after  John  Gagler  had  finished,  Brad  sat  without 
moving.  All  his  hopes  were  dashed  to  the  ground. 

"  What  can  I  do?"  he  at  last  said.  "  I  do  not  see  the  least 
chance  of  finding  my  father.  It  would  be  an  endless  task  to 
search  among  the  many  thousand  islands  which  dot  those  seas, 
nnless  by  chance  I  should  land  upon  the  right  one." 


96  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

"I  don't  think  so,"  said  John  Gagler.  "I  can  go  to  the 
island  hon  which  I  was  ha  captive ;  from  there  I  could  find  the 
island  on  which  I  lived  five  years ;  then  ye  could  judge  by  the 
cnrrents  han'  the  way  hof  the  wind  hat  the  time  hof  the  wreck, 
very  near  what  portion  hof  the  sea  the  ship  had  drifted.  Then 
*f,  would  be  han  heasy  matter  to  hexamine  the  islands  hin  that 
"\cinity." 

""Will  you  go  with  us?"  asked  Brad  eagerly,  grasping  his 
rand. 

"Bless  my  heyes,  won't  I  though.  Nothing  would  give  this 
wld  'ulk  more  pleasure  than  to  grasp  me  hold  friend,  Jacob  Cole, 
*y  the  'and  once  more,"  replied  John  Gagler  earnestly.  "  Wish 
t  may  die  though  hif  I  didn't  think  'is  spirit  was  hafore  me 
«dien  ye  first  spoke  to  me." 

"Get  your  discharge,"  said  Brad.  "Tell  the  captain  your 
reasons  for  the  change,  and  we  will  take  you  on  board  immedi- 
ately ;  and  tell  the  captain  we  should  like  to  see  him." 

"  Aye,  aye  sir ; "  and  he  went  to  find  the  captain. 

Meanwhile  Brad  and  I  talked  together  concerning  which  course 
we  should  take,  but  came  to  the  conclusion  to  leave  it  all  to  John 
Gagler.  The  captain  told  us  he  was  sorry  to  have  John  Gagler 
go,  but  if  there  was  any  chance  in  the  world  of  rescuing  a 
shipmate,  he  would  not  hinder  in  the  least.  So  John  Gagler 
packed  his  chest,  and  after  adieus  all  round,  his  packages  were 
lowered  into  the  boat,  we  pushed  off  and  were  soon  on  board  the 
Cynthia. 

John  Gagler  was  introduced,  and  every  one  felt  glad  that  our 
captain  had  been  so  successful.  Brad  concluded  to  stop  at 
these  islands  only  till  the  next  morning,  then  to  head  for  the 
Chinese  Seas,  to  o/ommence  the  search  immediately  and  in  earnest. 


CHAPTER  XII. 

CELESTIALS. 

fTlHE  Celestial  Empire  is  spread  before  us.  We  sail  up  the 
-•-  Canton  river,  our  attention  all  absorbed  by  the  novel  and  inter- 
esting scence.  A  prodigious  number  of  boats  covered  the  surface 
of  the  river,  peopled  with  the  odd  appearing  inhabitants,  a  large 
number  of  the  boats  being  fixed  residences,  and  the  handsomest 
were  the  hwa  ting,  or  flower  boats.  The  form  of  the  boats  used 
as  flower  boats  is  very  graceful,  and  their  raised  cabins  and  awn- 
ings are  fancifully  carved  and  painted.  Brad  wished  to  stop  at  Can- 
ton to  lay  in  a  supply  of  trinkets  for  presents  for  the  savages  whom 
we  expected  to  encounter.  We  had  been  delayed  by  bad  weather, 
but  had  reached  our  destination  at  last. 

"  To  you,  who  have  been  here  so  often,  it  will  probably  seem 
tiresome,"  remarked  Susie  to  Brad  ;  "  nevertheless,  I  shall  oblige 
you  to  chaperon  us,  and  we  will  try  to  make  it  pleasant  for  you, 
as  we  know  you  will  for  us." 

"  Thank  you,"  he  replied,  "  you  know  it  is  a  pleasure  to  me  to 
be  3Tour  escort.  To-morrow,  we  will  go  forth  among  celestial 
beings.  Is  it  agreeable  ?  " 

"  Aj-e,  aye,  sir,"  we  answered  in  chorus. 

With  this  sailor  response  we  suppose  Brad  was  satisfied,  for 

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98  A   ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

he  started  for  his  cabin,  saying  he  "  wanted  to  get  his  china  to- 
gether." 

"Going  to  commence  housekeeping,  Captain?"  Susie  called 
after  him. 

"  I  am  ready  whenever  you  are,"  he  replied. 

"  I'll  think  about  it,"  said  Susie,  laughing. 

Yes  we  were  really  to  wander  in  Celestial  land, — the  place 
where  perfumes  have  been  known  and  used  since  the  earliest 
times.  An  old  Chinese  proverb,  attributed  to  Confucius  or 
Kong-Foo-Tse,  says,  "Incense  perfumes  bad  smells,  and  can- 
dles illumine  men's  hearts."  Acting  upon  that  principle,  the 
Chinese  use  lavishly  of  both,  in  public  and  private,  which  would 
lead  the  hypercritical  to  conclude  that  their  hearts  needed  a  great 
deal  of  lighting  up,  and  that  the  natural  odors  of  their  temples 
and  dwellings  were  none  of  the  sweetest. 

Joss-sticks  and  tinsel  paper,  are  the  forms  in  which  incense  is 
usually  burned.  The  consumption  is  so  enormous  that  there  are 
no  less  than  ten  thousand  makers  in  the  province  of  Canton  alone. 
The  joss-sticks  are  made  principally  of  benzoin  and  ground  sandal 
wood. 

"  But  these  pastils,"  Jean  said,  "  for  they- are  only  pastils  in  a 
different  form,  are  much  finer  if  charcoal  of  willow  wood,  benzoic 
acid,  and  ottos,  are  used  instead  of  ground  woods.  As  every 
chemist  knows,  when  such  substances  undergo  slow  combustion, 
the  ligenous  fibre  contained  in  them  produces  far  from  a  pleasant 
odor ;  in  fact,  the  smell  of  burning  wood  predominates  over  the 
volatilized  aromatic  ingredients ;  it  is  for  this  reason  that  char- 
coal is  used  in  lieu  of  other  substances  ;  it  producing  the  requisite 
heat  to  quickly  volatilize  the  perfuming  materials,  and  does  not 
interfere  in  any  way  with  the  fragrance  of  the  pastil.  It  is  true 


CELESTIALS.  99 

that  there  are  certain  kinds  of  fumigation  adopted  occasionally, 
where  these  products  are  the  materials  sought ;  such  fumiga- 
tion, as  when  brown  paper  is  allowed  to  smoulder  in  a  room  for 
the  purpose  of  deodorizing  bad  smells.  Pastils  are  much  neater 
and  more  agreeable,  however,  for  such  purposes." 

Each  morning  and  evening  three  sticks  of  incense  are  offered  to 
their  deity,  being  usually  placed  in  stationary  censers  of  elegant 
forms.  Sometimes  they  are  laid  at  the  feet  of  the  idols.  In  the 
Ti-vang-mia-o,  or  Hall  of  Ceremonies,  at  Pekin,  incense  is 
burned  in  twelve  large  urns,  in  memory  of  the  deceased  em- 
perors. 

When  mandarins  come  and  pay  their  respects  to  the  present 
monarch,  they  also  burn  incense  before  him ;  if  he  is  away,  they 
offer  the  same  homage  to  his  empty  chair,  and  a  similar  ceremony 
takes  place  every  year  at  the  festival  held  in  honor  of  Confucius. 
Perfumes  also  play  a  conspicuous  part  at  Chinese  funerals,  as  the 
body  is  washed,  perfumed,  and  dressed  in  the  best  apparel  of  the 
deceased,  whose  portrait  is  placed  in  the  middle  of  the  room 
above  the  incense  burner,  which  forms  an  indispensable  article  in 
their  household  furniture,  and  in  it  are  kept  scented  oils  burning 
continuous^  while  the  corpse  remains  in  the  house. 

The  catalogue  of  Chinese  and  Japanese  perfume^  is  some- 
what limited.  Besides  incense  sticks,  they  only  use  a  few 
scented  oils  and  essences,  which  are  more  pungent  than  agreeable. 
Musk  is  one  of  their  favorite  perfumes.  They  not  only  like  its 
odor,  but  they  believe  it  cures  every  disease  which  flesh  is  heir  to, 
even  headache ;  and  in  this  opinion  they  are  backed  by  their 
principal  medical  authorities.  Sandal  wood,  camphor  and  assafce- 
tida,  are  included  in  the  list  of  Chinese  perfumery  ingredients. 

In  Japan,  the  list  consists  chiefly  of  a  pomatum  called  Nioiabra, 


100  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

made  of  oil  and  wax ;  Jinko,  an  aromatic  wood  used  for  burning 
in  temples  and  private  houses ;  a  sort  of  sachet  called  Nioi-bu- 
kooroo  ;  and  Hanigaki,  a  tooth  powder,  made  of  fine  shells  found 
on  the  coast  and  mixed  with  scented  herbs.  American  and  Eu- 
ropean perfumers  are  slowly  introducing  their  wares  into  the 
country,  but  not  much  consumption  can  be  expected  until  paper 
handkerchiefs  are  abolished. 

Aromatics  are  used  in  funeral  rites,  somewhat  in  the  same 
manner  as  they  were  by  the  ancient  Greeks  and  Romans.  The 
body  is  placed  on  a  pile  of  fragrant  woods,  the  youngest  child  of 
the  deceased  sets  fire  to  it  with  a  torch,  and  all  persons  present 
throw  on  it  oil,  aloes,  and  odoriferous  gums.  Cosmetics  are  uni- 
versally used  by  ladies  in  Japan,  as  the  duties  of  the  toilet  are  an 
important  matter  with  them.  They  pay  great  attention  to  their 
hair,  which  they  arrange  in  all  manner  of  fantastic  styles,  insert- 
ing into  it  natural  flowers,  and  also  an  illimitable  number  of  pins, 
made  of  tortoise  shell  or  lacquered  wood. 

When  a  Japanese  lady  marries,  she  blackens  her  teeth,  and  ex- 
tirpates her  eyebrows.  The  men  shave  the  fore  part  and  the 
crown  of  their  heads,  and  work  up  the  back  and  side  hair  into  a 
tuft  over  the  bald  scalp.  Both  men  and  women  indulge  in  a 
great  variety  of  styles  and  ornaments.  Thus  the  Japanese  men 
take  great  pains  to  get  rid  of  what  we  are  so  anxious  to  preserve, 
and  glory  in  a  smooth  and  polished  pate,  while  we  endeavor  to 
conceal  it  with  wigs  and  false  hair.  So  much  for  diversity  of 
tastes  in  nations.  Some  shave  their  heads,  and  others  their  faces, 
and  each  calls  the  other  uncleanly  for  not  following  the  same 
fashion  as  themselves.  The  flowers  of  Japan  are  large  and  beau- 
tiful, but  their  perfumes  are  rank. 

We  were  ready  early  in  the   afternoon  of  the  day  after  OUT 


HE    SHOOK   AS   WITH   AGUE,    AND   HIS    EYES    STARED    AT   BRAD 
WITH    A   LOOK   OF   FEAR. 

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CELESTIALS.  .  101 

arrival,  to  accompany  Brad,  and  arraying  ourselves  in  Chinese 
apparel,  which  Brad  had  procured  for  us,  the  better  to  avoid 
attracting  too  much  notice,  we  set  out  on  our  tour  of  inspec- 
tion. We  cut,  to  ourselves,  the  most  comical  figures,  and  many 
hearty  laughs  we  had  at  the  awkwardness  of  each  other's  move- 
ments. In  the  streets,  many  sights  appeared  strange  to  us.  A 
great  many  kinds  of  business  are  carried  on  in  the  open  air.  The 
barbers  are  called  here  Te  tow  teih  jin,  or  literally  "  shavers  of 
the  head,"  that  being  their  chief  occupation ;  we  frequently  came 
across  them ;  they  also  combine  with  shaving,  bleeding  and 
other  operations,  like  the  barber-surgeons  of  old. 

There  is  need  of  a  great  many  barbers,  as  the  Chinese  men 
keep  their  heads  shaved,  allowing  only  a  long  tuft  of  hair  to  grow 
on  the  summit,  of  which  they  are  very  proud,  although  it  was 
originally  a  mark  of  their  subjection  to  the  Tartars.  When  their 
hair  is  thin,  they  mix  silk  or  horsehair  with  it  to  give  their  tails, 
as  we  call  them,  a  respectable  appearance.  We  saw  no  Chinese 
ladies  walking  in  the  street ;  in  fact  they  cannot  walk,  their  feet 
are  so  deformed  by  being  compressed  into  a  shape  to  wear  a  shoe 
smaller  than  we  would  put  on  the  smallest  infant.  When  they 
wish  to  leave  their  house  they  are  obliged  to  be  carried  in  palan- 
quins. We  saw  but  few  of  them.  They  have  three  styles  of 
dressing  the  hair,  which  are  generally  adopted,  and  the  particular 
style  worn  indicates  whether  she  is  a  maid,  wife  or  a  widow. 
From  her  infancy  to  her  marriage,  a  }Toung  girl  wears  the  back 
part  of  her  hair  braided  into  a  tail,  and  the  remainder  combed 
over  her  forehead,  and  cut  in  the  shape  of  a  cresent.  On  her  wed- 
ding day,  her  head  is  decorated  with  a  crown,  covered  with  tinsel 
paper,  and  on  the  next  da}'  her  hair  is  dressed  for  the  first  time 
in  the  well  known  teapot  style.  On  holidays,  she  ornaments  her 


102  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

hair  with  flowers,  either  natural  or  artificial,  according  to  the  sea- 
son. When  she  becomes  a  widow,  she  shaves  part  of  her  head, 
and  binds  around  it  a  fillet  fastened  with  numerous  bodkins, 
which  are  sometimes  very  costly. 

The  trinkets  in  the  bazaars  were  in  wonderful  profusion,  and 
we  purchased  a  few  for  curiosities,  whilst  Brad  bought  a  great 
many  of  them,  to  be  used  as  peace  offerings  to  the  savages  he  ex- 
pected to  meet.  "We  found  a  Perfumer,  but  the  variety  of  his 
stock  was  small,  as  far  as  perfumes  were  concerned.  He  had  a 
large  quantity  of  cosmetics,  which  the  Chinese  ladies  apply  liber- 
ally to  the  skin.  One,  which  was  shown  us,  was  a  mixture  of  tea- 
oil  and  rice-flour,  which  the  ladies  apply  at  night  and  scrape  off 
in  the  morning  ;  it  is  supposed  to  improve  the  complexion.  They 
then  apply  a  white  powder  called  Meen  Fun,  touch  up  their 
cheeks,  lips,  nostrils  and  the  tip  of  their  tongue,  with  carmine, 
and  sprinkle  rice  powder  over  their  face,  which  finishes  the  elabo- 
rate picture  and  softens  its  tone.  The  perfumer  showed  us  a  sort 
of  cold  cream,  made  from  the  pulp  of  a  fruit  called  Lung-ju-en, 
also  a  perfume  for  the  clothes,  called  "  e  heang,"  which  was  very 
powerful,  but  not  the  least  flowery,  as  it  contained  assafoetida 
among  its  other  ingredients.  A  pomade  for  the  hair,  called  "  heang 
tsaou"  was  excellent,  being  perfumed  with  Ylang  Ylang,  the  Chi- 
nese Lily  or  Flower  of  flowers.  The  perfumer  had  some  of  the  Otto 
of  Ylang  Ylang,  which  was  exceedingly  fine.  It  has  an  intense 
jasmine  odor,  and  is  more  costly  than  otto  of  roses. 

"  It  smells  precisely  like  the  flower  of  the  Unona  odoratissama" 
said  Susie. 

"  It  should,"  said  Jean,  "  for  it  is  distilled  from  them." 

Musk  was  shown  to  us  in  immense  quantities,  considering  the 
value  of  the  article.  He  had  also  a  fruit  of  a  cedar  that  grows 


CELESTIALS.  103 

in  the  mountains  of  Tchong-te-foo,  which  is  held  in  high  esteem 
as  a  perfume,  and  is  hung  up  in  rooms  to  fill  the  ah*  with  its  fra- 
grance ;  also  Rondeletia  or  Chj'n-len,  one  of  the  most  gratifying 
perfumes  to  the  olfactory  nerve  that  has  ever  been  produced. 

Sandalwood  and  Otto  of  Sandalwood  we  also  purchased.  The 
sandalwood  is  a  most  valuable  article  to  the  cabinet  maker  of  the 
East.  The  white  ant  which  is  so  common  here,  eating  into  every 
organic  matter  that  it  comes  across,  appears  to  have  no  relish  for 
it ;  this  quality,  together  with  its  fragrance,  causes  it  to  be  used 
extensively  in  the  manufacture  of  handkerchief  and  glove  boxes, 
fans,  deed  cases  and  caskets.  We  saw  and  examined  many  of 
these ;  they  were  elaborately  and  wonderfulty  carved,  and  their 
fragrance  could  be  perceived  at  some  distance,  and  left  the  odor 
clinging  to  our  skin  after  we  handled  them.  The  Sandalwood 
Tree  or  Santalum  album,  as  Susie  designated  it,  grew  plentifully  in 
China,  but  the  continued  offerings  to  the  numerous  images  of 
Buddha,  have  almost  exterminated  it  from  the  Celestial  Empire. 
It  is  burned  by  way  of  incense,  to  an  extent  almost  beyond  be- 
lief, in  these  religious  offerings.  The  Otto  of  Sandalwood  is 
readily  obtained  by  distillation  from  the  wood ;  one  hundred 
weight  of  sound  wood  will  yield  about  thirty  ounces  of  otto.  Its 
peculiar  odor  is  an  old  favorite  with  the  lovers  of  perfume.  The 
otto  of  sandal  is  remarkably  dense  and  is  more  oleaginous  in  its 
appearance  than  otto  extracted  from  any  other  substance,  and 
when  good  is  of  a  dark  straw  color. 

The  dealer  in  perfumes  said  the  body  of  the  still,  used  for  its 
distillation,  consists  of  a  large  globular  cla}'  pot  with  a  circular 
mouth,  and  is  about  two  and  one-half  feet  deep,  by  about  six  and 
one-half  feet  in  circumference  at  the  bilge.  No  capital  is  used, 
but  as  soon  as  the  still  is  charged,  the  mouth  is  closed  with  a  clay 


104  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

lid,  having  a  small  hole  in  its  centre,  through  which  a  bent  eoppei 
tube,  about  five  and  one-half  feet  long,  is  passed  for  the  escape 
of  the  vapor.  The  lower  end  of  the  tube  is  conveyed  inside  a 
copper  receiver,  placed  in  a  large  porous  vessel  containing  cold 
water. 

The  distillation  is  carried  on  slowly  for  ten  days  and  nights 
without  cessation,  by  which  time  the  whole  of  the  otto  is  extrac- 
ted. As  the  water  from  time  to  time  gets  low  in  the  still,  fresh 
supplies  are  added  from  the  heated  contents  of  the  refrigeratory. 
The  odor  of  sandal  assimulates  well  with  rose,  and  hence,  prior 
to  the  cultivation  of  rose-leaf  geranium,  it  was  used  as  an  adul- 
teration for  the  Otto  of  Roses,  but  now  is  seldom  employed  for  that 
purpose.  The  otto  of  sandal  is  often  adulterated  with  castor 
oil,  which,  being  soluble  in  alcohol,  makes  it  difficult  to  detect  the 
fraud. 

But  what  is  the  matter  with  Patsey?  While  we  were  busily 
talking,  he  has  been  looking  around,  and  is  now  trying  to  attract 
our  attention,  and  grinning  from  ear  to  ear.  Coming  to  where 
we  were,  he  said :  — 

"Shure  sir,  here  comes  a  whole  rigiment  of  lame  an'  blind; 
shure  lookit,  they'er  thryin'  to  loight  the  way  wid  candles,  an'  the 
sun  out  as  bright  as  Miss  Susie's  eyes." 

It  was  truly  a  strange  procession.  At  the  head  were  a  num- 
ber of  men  on  crutches,  hobbling  along  in  the  most  painfully 
appearing  manner ;  behind  these  a  palanquin ;  those  carrying  it 
were  burning  perfumed  matches,  which  they  renewed  as  fast  as 
they  were  burned  up ;  behind  this  palanquin  were  others,  from 
which  proceeded  loud  lamentations. 

After  this  procession  had  passed,  which  Brad  informed  us  was 
a  funeral,  and  that  the  men  at  the  head  were  not  lame,  but  were 


CELESTIALS.  105 

only  showing  how  broken  down  they  were  with  grief,  we  returned 
to  our  inspection  of  the  perfumery  and  curiosities,  and  shortly 
went  back  to  the  ship,  well  pleased  with  our  ramble. 

Brad  promised  us  another  stroll,  but  not  the  next  day,  as  there 
were  matters  about  the  ship  requiring  his  personal  attention.  So 
the  next  day  after,  having  nothing  else  to  do,  Jean  experimented 
with  the  ottos  we  had  purchased.  The  Ottos  of  Ylang  Ylang  and 
Sandalwood  he  found  perfectly  pure.  He  then  added  to  a  small 
portion  of  the  otto  of  sandal  a  little  castor  oil,  some  which  we  had 
obtained  at  New  Orleans,  and  proceeded  to  test  the  otto  to  dis- 
cover the  presence  of  the  oil.  Taking  twenty  drops  of  the  adul- 
terated otto  he  placed  it  in  a  capsule,  and  heated  it  over  a  sand- 
bath,  —  which  we  had  arranged  on  a  small  scale  in  the  laboratory, 
—  until  the  odor  of  the  otto  was  no  longer  perceptible.  To  the 
residue  he  added  five  drops  of  nitric  acid,  and  as  soon  as  the 
action  subsided,  diluted  it  with  a  solution  of  carbonate  of  soda. 
The  odor  thrown  out,  once  smelled,  is  not  likely  to  be  mistaken 
for  any  other,  it  being  senanthylic  acid.  This  body  is  the  product 
of  the  oxidation  of  castor  oil,  and  is  formed  when  the  warm  otto 
is  treated  with  an  excess  of  nitric  acid.  During  the  action  much 
nitrous  acid  is  disengaged,  and  there  is  found  floating  in  the  acid 
liquid,  when  the  residue  is  mixed  with  water,  a  soft,  unctuous 
mass.  The  acid  liquid  is  neutralized  with  the  carbonate  of  soda, 
so  as  to  entirely  removed  the  odor  of  nitrous  acid ;  the  smell  of 
the  senanthylic  acid  can  then  of  course  be  most  clearly  recog- 
nized. 

Jean  said  "  that  as  slight  an  adulteration  as  five  per  cent,  of 
castor  oil  in  an  otto,  could  by  this  process  be  detected."  He 
formed  an  Essence  of  Ylang  Ylang  and  Sandal  from  the  respec- 
tive ottos,  which  were  very  agreeable  odors.  The  bottles  and 


106  A    ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

shelves  in  our  laboratory  were  fast  filling  up,  and  Jean  was  taking 
great  satisfaction  in  watching  the  accumulation  of  the  various 
rare  articles  aud  preparations. 

Spending  most  of  the  day  in  the  laboratory,  towards  evening 
we  went  on  deck,  and  watched  the  strange  sights  going  on 
around  us.  When  the  many  colored  lanterns  were  lighted,  one 
who  has  not  seen  it  cannot  imagine  what  a  brilliant  scene  was 
presented  to  our  view. 

The  next  day  we  again  arrayed  ourselves  in  our  Chinese  garbs 
for  another  trip  ;  this  time  we  were  to  ride  in  palanquins  out  into 
the  suburbs  some  miles  above  Canton,  to  see  the  beautiful  Hoqua 
Gardens.  The  ride  was  pleasant  after  we  became  used  to  the 
strange,  easy,  swinging  motion.  Reaching  the  Gardens,  we  found 
them  indeed  handsome,  and  we  wandered  for  a  long  time  amid 
their  beauties.  We  saw  here  the  Sandalwood  Tree,  and  Susie 
pointed  out  to  us  the  Dryobalanops  Camphora,  or  Camphor  Tree, 
and  some  Laurus  Camphora,  or  Camphor  Laurel  of  the  Island  of 
Formosa,  which  is  almost  opposite  the  mouth  of  the  Canton  river, 
a  little  to  the  north.  From  these  plants  Camphor,  that  beautiful 
and  fragrant  substance  is  produced.  The  kind  mostly  found  in 
commerce  is  derived  from  the  Camphor  Laurel.  The  camphor 
exists  naturally  within  the  tree,  ready  formed ;  on  splitting  the 
wood  it  is  found  between  the  bark  and  the  stem  and  in  the  pith, 
in  masses  twelve  to  eighteen  inches  long,  sometimes  weighing 
ten  to  twelve  pounds.  Every  part  of  the  tree,  among  its  fibres, 
contains  camphor,  which  is  extracted  by  chopping  the  branches, 
and  boiling  them  in  water.  The  camphor  rises  to  the  surface 
and  becomes  solid  as  the  water  cools ;  in  some  instances,  the 
boiler  in  which  the  operation  is  conducted  is  covered  with  an 
earthen  dome  lined  with  rice  straw ;  as  the  water  boils  the 


CELESTIALS.  107 

camphor  rises  with  the  steam,  and  attaches  itself  to  the  straw, 
from  which  it  is  afterwards  picked,  and  then  packed  for  expor- 
tation. Canton  supplies  the  markets  of  the  world  with  this  sub- 
stance. 

There  is  a  race  of  men  called  Nyr-Cappoors,  or  camphor  seers, 
who  pretend  to  have  the  power  of  distinguishing  the  most  profita- 
ble trees  to  fell.  Many  trees  are,  however,  cut  down  at  their  in- 
stigation, without  having  any  cryptae  of  camphor  in  them.  The 
camphor  as  found  in  the  stores  is  refined,  and  is  not  in  the  orig- 
inal condition  in  which  it  is  exported  from  here. 

The  purification  or  refining  of  camphor  was  held  as  a  monopoly 
at  Venice,but  it  is  now  done  in  all  large  cities  of  the  United  States 
and  Europe.  The  process  is  simple,  and  consists  of  mixing  the 
imported  camphor  with  a  little  lime,  and  subjecting  it  to  a  heat 
sufficient  to  convert  it  into  vapor,  which  readily  condenses  into 
the  form  of  the  receiver.  The  odor  of  the  camphor  is  very  char- 
acteristic, and  to  the  majority  of  persons,  very  agreeable.  It  has 
the  reputation  of  being  highly  prophylactic,  and  to  this  end  is 
worn  about  the  person  in  times  of  sickness,  though  any  perfume 
would  accomplish  the  same  object.  From  its  reputed  antiseptic 
qualities,  it  is  extensively  used  in  the  manufacture  of  dentifrices, 
soaps,  aromatic  vinegars,  and  other  concomitants  of  the  toilet. 
Many  trees  grow  here  whose  woods  are  odoriferous,  but  the  Chi- 
nese have  not  as  yet  availed  themselves  of  these  natural  treasures. 

The  parterres  were  filled  with  many  kinds  of  beautiful  and 
fragrant  flowers,  such  as  the  Kwei-Hwa  or  Oleafragrans,  Lien- 
Hwa  or  Nymphcea  nelumbo,  Cha-Hwa  or  Camellia  sesanyna,  and 
a  sort  of  jasmine  called  Mo-lu-Hwa,  one  blossom  of  which  is  suf- 
ficient to  scent  a  large  room.  There  were  various  other  flowers 
very  large,  and  some  exceedingly  curious  and  beautiful,  but  with- 


108  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

out  perfume.  We  saw  immense  numbers  of  camellias  and  jas- 
mines of  every  conceivable  color;  they  bloom  here  the  year 
round.  Their  wealth  of  golden,  crimson,  purple,  and  white  blos- 
soms are  much  used  as  floral  adornments.  The  yellow,  which 
are  very  rare,  are  allowed  only  in  temple  service ;  the  crimson 
flaunt  gaily  over  the  boat  or  sedan  chair,  sent  by  the  groom  to 
convey  his  bride  to  their  future  home  on  their  wedding  day ;  the 
fair  virgin  white  are  laid  on  the  p3Tre,  as  the  last  loving  gift 
to  the  dead ;  and  the  purple  are  used  as  the  insignia  of  roy- 
alty. The  camellia  has  been  so  named  after  the  Jesuit  Camelli, 
by  whom  it  was  first  discovered.  We  spent  a  long  time  wan- 
dering over  these  grounds.  We  saw  the  Unona  odoratissama  or 
Ylang  Ylang  growing  luxuriantly,  its  uncommonly  long,  pendu- 
lous flowers,  outside  a  bright  orange  color,  and  inside  yellow, 
and  their  rich,  grateful  perfume  attracting  our  attention  from  a 
distance;  at  last  becoming  weary  we  were  glad  to  enter  our 
palanquins,  and  return  to  the  ship.  We  lodged  on  board  during 
our  stay  here,  as  we  could  find  no  accommodations  suitable 
ashore,  and  were  a  little  afraid  to  trust  ourselves  in  the  outlandish 
city,  feeling  much  safer  in  our  floating  hotel. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

DRIVEN  BEFORE  A  STORM. 

ALL  being  in  readiness,  we  weighed  anchor,  and  the  ship  was 
headed  for  the  Banda  or  Spice  Islands.  From  there  Brad's 
father  sailed  last  on  that  unfortunate  voyage  when  the  good  ship 
"  Godolpha  "  fell  a  prey  to  Father  Neptune.  John  Gagler  wished 
to  stop  there  first,  to  see  if  there  had  ever  been  any  tidings  from 
the  ship,  and  to  get  his  reckonings  and  bearings,  as  it  was  as  good 
a  way  as  any  to  get  into  a  course  that  would  bring  us  near  that 
part  of  the  sea  in  which  the  island  was,  upon  which  Captain  Jacob 
Cole  was  supposed  to  have  been  cast. 

"  On  these  Islands  that  we  shall  soon  reach,"  Jean  said  to  us 
—  in  the  afternoon  of  the  day  before  we  reached  the  Banda  Is- 
land, —  "  are  the  principal  nutmeg  gardens  of  the  world.  They 
were  colonized  by  the  Dutch  about  two  hundred  and  seventy-five 
years  ago.  Few  fragrant  substances  are  of  more  commercial  im- 
portance than  the  nutmeg.  Its  history  affords  an  instance  of  the 
extravagance  to  which  the  spirit  of  monopoly  will  urge  us,  and 
which  has  carried  not  only  private  individuals  but  even  states. 
Soon  after  the  subjugation  of  the  original  inhabitants,  the  Dutch 
endeavored  to  secure  to  themselves  the  entire  trade  in  this  aro- 
matic spice.  For  this  purpose  they  encouraged  the  cultivation 

109 


110  A    ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME   LANDS. 

of  the  nutmeg  tree  in  only  a  few  of  the  islands,  and  being  over« 
anxious  for  the  sake  of  the  monopoly,  to  have  them  exclusively 
under  their  own  command,  they  destroyed  the  trees  in  the  neigh- 
boring isles."  •  . 

k' Yes,  I  remember,"  said  Susie,  "and  they  pursued  the  same 
policy  with  respect  to  the  clove  plant.  More  than  once,  however, 
the}''  have  paid  dearly  for  their  insatiable  avarice  ;  for  the  dread- 
ful hurricanes  and  earthquakes,  which  swept  harmlessly  over  the 
other  islands,  nearly  annihilated  the  nutmeg  trees  of  Banda." 

"  While  the  Dutch  held  the  Spice  Islands,"  Jean  told  us,  "  the 
quantity  of  nutmegs  and  niace  exported  from  the  nutmeg  grounds, 
circumscribed  as  the}r  were,  was  truly  enormous,  amounting  to  a 
total  of  some  four  hundred  thousand  pounds.  When  the  islands 
were  taken  by  the  British  in  1796,  the  importation  b}r  the  East 
India  Company  into  England  alone,  in  two  years  following  the 
capture,  were  of  nutmegs,  about  one  hundred  and  thirty  thousand 
pounds,  and  of  mace,  about  three  hundred  thousand  pounds.  It 
is  thus  evident  that  the  odor  and  flavor  of  nutmeg  and  mace  is 
not  disliked." 

When  the  crops  of  spice  have  been  superabundant,  and  the 
price  in  consequence,  likely  to  be  reduced,  the  same  ignorant 
spirit  as  before  mentioned,  actuated  the  Dutch  to  destroy  im- 
mense quantities  of  the  fruit  rather  than  suffer  the  market  price 
to  be  lowered. 

When  Sir  William  Temple  was  in  Amsterdam,  a  merchant  who 
had  returned  from  Banda  assured  him  that  at  ' '  one  time  I  saw 
three  piles  of  nutmegs  burnt,  each  of  which  contained  more  than 
a  church  of  ordinary  dimensions  could  hold  ;  "  and  a  Mr.  Wilcox 
relates  that  he  beheld  "such  a  conflagration  of  cloves,  nutmegs 
and  cinnamon,  upon  the  Island  of  Newland,  near  Middleburgh, 


DRIVEN   BEFORE   A   STORM.  Ill 

New  Zealand,  as  perfumed  the  air  with  their  peculiar  fragrance 
for  a  circuit  of  many  miles."  Balfour  -says,  "  that  in  1814,  when 
the  Moluccas  were  in  the  possession  of  the  English,  the  number 
of  nutmeg  trees  planted,  was  estimated  at  five  hundred  and 
seventy  thousand,  five  hundred,  of  which  four  hundred  and  eighty- 
six  thousand  were  in  bearing."  The  produce  of  nutmegs  in  the 
Moluccas  has  been  reckoned  at  from  six  hundred  thousand  to 
seven  hundred  thousand  pounds  per  annum. 

Sighting  land  about  midnight,  we  lay  to  till  morning,  then 
ran  into  the  harbor,  and  in  the  afternoon  we  went  on  shore.  The 
Island  is  lofty  and  volcanic,  the  harbor  beautiful,  well  sheltered 
and  easy  of  access.  We  landed  amid  a  crowd  of  Coolies  and  China- 
men, each  doing  his  best  to  induce  us  to  engage  him  as  guide ;  but 
John  Gagler  knew  the  place  too  well  to  need  any  assistance.  He 
had  been  ashore  in  the  forenoon  to  inquire  of  the  merchants  with 
whom  Brad's  father  used  to  trade,  if  they  had  ever  heard  any 
tidings  of  the  "  Godolpha."  But  they  had  never  seen  or  heard 
of  any  of  those  who  belonged  to  her,  except  himself.  Some  of 
the  older  ones  who  had  seen  Brad's  father,  remarked  the  striking 
resemblance  of  Brad  to  him. 

John  Gagler  was  at  our  service  to  conduct  us  to  any  place  we 
wished  to  visit.  Expressing  a  desire  to  examine  one  of  the 
largest  of  the  Spice  Gardens  of  the  Island,  he  engaged  convey- 
ances and  we  were  soon  on  the  road.  After  riding  about  a  mile 
we  came  to  one  that  was  said  to  yield  next  to  the  largest  amount 
of  nutmegs,  mace  and  cloves,  of  any  in  the  Island,  the  exception 
being  a  garden  quite  a  long  distance  from  the  city,  too  far  to 
allow  us  to  go  during  the  short  stay  we  were  to  make  here.  En- 
tering the  gates  we  proceeded  for  some  distance  through  a  beauti- 
ful grove  of  nutmeg  trees,  which  extended  to  the  right  and  left 


112  A   ROMANCE    Off    PERFUME    LANDS. 

of  us  like  a  forest,  the  trees  rising  to  a  height  of  twenty  and 
twenty-five  feet.  Be}-ond  these  were  some  handsome  evergreen 
trees,  rising  from  fifteen  to  thirty  feet,  with  large  elliptic  leaves 
and  purplish  flowers,  arranged  in  corymbs  on  short  stalks. 

"  See  the  Caryophylli  aromaticus"  exclaimed  Susie. 

' '  Faith,  an'  where  is  it  ?  Let  me  kill  it !  "  said  Patsey . 

"  Clove  Trees,  I  mean,"  explained  Susie. 

Among  one  of  the  groups  of  these  trees  were  two  magnificent 
specimens  in  full  bloom,  or  bud  we  should  say,  —  as  the  flowers 
are  not  allowed  to  blow  out  fully,  as  the  otto,  although  it  abounds 
in  every  part  of  the  clove  plant,  is  most  plentiful  and  fragrant  in 
the  unexpanded  flower.  We  were  fortunate  to  be  here  at  the 
right  time  in  the  season  to  witness  this  beautiful  sight.  The 
average  annual  crop  of  cloves  from  each  tree  is  two,  or  two  and  a 
half  pounds  ;  these  two  trees  were  expected  to  yield  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  pounds  each,  of  this  spice,  in  this  single  season, 
and  as  five  thousand  cloves  only  weigh  one  pound,  you  can  im- 
agine how  fine  these  trees  appeared,  it  being  reckoned  that  each 
tree  had  on  itself  at  least  six  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand 
flowers. 

The  Otto  of  Cloves  may  be  obtained  by  expression  from  the 
fresh  flower  buds,  but  the  usual  way  of  procuring  it,  is  by  distilla- 
tion of  the  dried  buds  ;  this  was  done  on  the  grounds  at  the  fac- 
tory, which  we  visited.  Few  ottos  have  a  more  extensive  use  in 
perfumery  than  that  of  cloves ;  it  combines  well  with  grease, 
soap  and  spirit,  and  has  formed  a  leading  feature  in  some  of  the 
most  popular  handkerchief  extracts  ;  it  has  the  property,  which  no 
other  spice  otto  possesses,  that,  when  it  is  mixed  with  other  per 
fumes,  of  making  a  most  refreshing  and  enlivening  odor.  The 
Otto  of  Nutmeg  and  the  Otto  of  Mace  were  also  distilled  on 


DRIVEN    BEFORE   A   STORM.  113 

the  premises.  The  nutmeg  tree,  like  many  others,  yields  two 
distinct  odorous  substances,  —  that  is,  nutmeg  and  mace,  from 
which  are  made  otto  of  nutmeg  and  otto  of  mace.  The  Otto  of 
Nutmeg  is  a  beautiful  white  and  transparent  fluid,  having  an  in- 
tense fragrance  of  the  nut,  and  enters  into  the  composition  of 
numerous  perfumery  preparations,  of  which  the  Frangipanni  se- 
ries are  samples.  By  expression,  the  nutmegs  will  also  yield  an 
unctuous  oil,  of  an  agreeable  odor ;  this  combined  with  an  alkali, 
produces  a  pleasant  soap,  which  sixty  years  ago  was  commonty 
sold  by  perfumers  under  the  name  of  Bandanna  or  Banda  Soap, 
but  is  now  quite  out  of  date.  The  nuts  when  ground  are 
used  advantageously  as  an  ingredient  of  sachet  powders  for  scent 
bags.  The  nutmegs  are  inclosed  in  four  different  covers ;  the 
first  a  thick  husk,  something  like  that  of  our  walnuts,  but  larger ; 
under  this  lies  a  thin  reddish  coat,  which  is  the  mace  of  com- 
merce, and  yields  the  otto  by  distillation,  and  when  ground  is 
used  in  the  manufacture  of  sachet  powders.  The  mace  is  an  elas- 
tic network  embracing  the  shell,  and  expands  as  the  fruit  or 
rather  seed  grows ;  the  shell  is  hard  and  thin,  and  destitute  of 
odor ;  under  this  a  greenish  film  forms,  no  use  as  yet,  having 
been  found  for  it,  but  which  is  in  truth  the  shirt  of  the  seed  or 
nutmeg.  The  odor  of  mace  only  resembles  that  of  nutmeg  in 
being  spicy ;  but  otherwise  cannot  be  mistaken  for  nutmeg. 
Thus  otto  of  mace  and  otto  of  nutmeg  are  produced  by  the  same 
plant  within  a  fraction  of  an  inch  of  each  other,  and  are  totally 
different  in  their  odor.  What  wonderful  valves  and  taps  have 
been  formed  by  nature  to  keep  them  from  intermingling.  The 
otto  of  mace  is  seldom  used  in  perfumes,  but  is  excellent  as  a 
scent  for  soaps.  Mace  when  first  gathered  is  of  a  beautiful  crim- 
son color,  is  dried  in  the  sun  or  artificial  heat,  if  the  weather  is 
I 


114  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

unfavorable,  as  it  requires  a  clear  heat,  when  it  assumes  a  golden 
yellow  color,  but  nutmegs  on  the  contrary  requiring  a  smothered 
heat,  are  smoked  by  slow  fires  of  wood  for  three  months  before 
they  are  fit  for  exportation. 

The  cloves  are  gathered  by  hand,  or  by  beating  the  tree  with 
sticks,  when  the  buds,  from  the  jointed  character  of  their  stalks 
readily  fall,  and  are  received  on  sheets  spread  for  the  purpose. 
The  buds  are  then  dried  in  the  sun.  Their  name  is  derived  from 
the  French  word  clou,  a  nail,  in  allusion  to  their  shape.  Pro- 
curing several  nutmegs  in  various  stages  of  growth,  and  some 
of  the  otto  of  nutmegs,  the  oil  of  nutmegs,  otto  of  mace,  also 
some  of  the  fresh  and  dried  clove  buds,  we  finished  our  visit  and 
were  soon  on  our  way  back  to  the  ship,  which  we  reached  just 
before  dark.  Brad  informed  us  that  John  Gagler  had  made  all 
his  plans  as  far  as  possible,  and  as  we  had  nothing  to  detain  us, 
he  would  start  immediately.  In  the  forenoon  of  the  next  day 
we  steamed  out,  navigating  the  waters  among  the  many  islands 
of  this  archipelago  which  presented  to  us  many  pleasing  sights. 

As  we  were  sitting  on  deck  conversing,  John  Gagler  asked 
Jean,  "  Whom  or  what  he  meant  when  he  spoke  of  Frangipanni, 
when  he  was  telling  us  about  the  uses  of  otto  of  nutmeg,  as  he 
had  a  messmate  by  that  name." 

"  It  is  a  name  of  a  perfume,"  answered  Jean,  "  in  common  use 
even  to  this  day,  which  derived  its  name  from  a  Roman  family,  — 
perhaps  your  messmate  descended  from  them,  but  it  is  doubtful 
— bearing  the  patronymic  of  Frangipanni,  as  famous  in  Italy, 
as  the  Plantagenets  and  the  Tudors  in  England.  The  origin  of 
the  name  of  this  family  is  traced  to  a  certain  office  which  an  an- 
cestor filled  in  a  church, — that  of  supplying  the  holy  bread,  the 
wafer  in  one  of  the  ceremonials.  Frangipanni  literally  means 


DRIVEN   BEFORE    A   STORM.  115 

'  broken  bread,'  and  is  derived  from  frangi,  to  break,  and  panus, 
bread.  Hence  we  have  Frangipane  puddings  which  good  house- 
wives know  are  made  from  broken  bread.  One  member  of  this 
ancient  family,  Mutio  Frangipani,  served  in  France,  in  the  Papal 
army  during  the  reign  of  Charles  IX.  The  grandson  of  this 
nobleman  was  the  Marquis  Frangipani,  Marechal  des  Armees  of 
Louis  XTV. ;  and  he  it  was,  who  invented  a  method  of  perfuming 
gloves,  which,  when  so  perfumed,  bore  the  name  of  Frangipanni 
gloves. 

"  You  remember,  Susie,  at  the  West  Indies  the  name  is  used  to 
designate  the  fruit  of  the  Plumiera  alba  L. ,  and  the  Plumiera  rubra 
L.  Frangipanier  is  the  French  name  of  the  Plumiera.  One  Mer- 
cutio  Frangipani,  who  lived  in  1493,  was  a  famous  botanist  and 
traveller,  noted  as  being  one  of  the  Columbus  expedition,  when 
they  visited  the  West  Indies.  He  told  the  sailors  that  the 
delicious  fragrance  which  they  perceived  in  the  air,  as  they  ap- 
proached Antiqua,  must  be  derived  from  sweet  smelling  flowers, 
and  on  landing  they  found  vast  quantities  of  the  Plumiera  Alba  in 
full  bloom,  rendering  the  air  redolent  with  rich  odor ;  from  this 
plant,  which  the  present  inhabitants  call  the  Frangipanni  flower,  is 
procured  that  exquisite  fragrance  which  is  so  popular  in  fashion- 
able circles." 

After  dinner  we  again  returned  to  the  deck,  and  whilst  amus- 
ing ourselves  by  reading  and  conversing,  John  Gagler,  who  was 
walking  towards  us,  turned  as  he  went  by,  looking  in  the  direction 
of  the  horizon  as  he  did  so,  and  drew  our  attention  to  a  line  of 
dark  clouds  abaft  the  stern.  We  had  noticed  the  short  and  pecu- 
liar puffs  of  wind  which  every  few  minutes  had  been  rustling  the 
leaves  of  our  books,  and  then  was  succeeded  by  a  calm. 

"I'm  hafraid  we'll  'ave  rough  weather,"  he  observed;  "the 


116  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

wind  pipes  hup  queer,  I  see  Capt.  Cole  'as  every  thing  laid  low ; 
'e  was  studying  the  barometer  at  eight  bells  han'  I  thought  'e 
looked  hanxious." 

Looking  again  at  the  clouds  we  noticed  they  had  increased 
an  hundred-fold.  We  picked  up  our  seats,  books  and  other  loose 
articles,  and  went  into  the  cabin,  where  we  watched  the  progress 
of  the  storm  from  the  windows.  In  the  short  time  that  it  had 
taken  us  to  change  our  position  the  whole  aspect  of  the  sky  had 
altered ;  the  black  clouds  covered  half  the  heavens,  and  were 
gathering  like  a  herd  of  wild  horses,  each  mass  crowding  the 
others  onward,  rolling  and  noiselessty  clashing  against  each 
other ;  just  beneath  the  edge  of  the  black  clouds,  the  sea  was 
white  with  foam,  the  wind  came  in  stronger  puffs  and  changed  in 
turns  to  every  point  of  the  compass. 

Anticipating  the  storm,  Brad  had  prepared  everything  to  re- 
ceive the  first  burst  of  the  gale.  Desiring  to  witness  a  storm  at 
sea  I  went  on  deck  and  clung  to  a  ladder,  prepared  for  the  shock, 
and  awaited  till  the  storm  should  reach  us.  Far  off  in  the  depths 
of  the  clouds  we  could  see  the  vivid  lightning  in  its  fantastic 
leapings,  and  could  hear  the  dull  boom  and  continuous  roll  of  the 
thunder.  The  storm  seemed  to  advance  with  redoubled  speed 
and  fury,  struck  the  ship  full  astern  and  lifted  it  like  a  feather. 
We  seemed  for  a  moment  to  be  sailing  through  the  air.  It  was 
a  regular  t}*phoon,  and  the  way  it  tore  through  the  rigging  and 
wrenched  the  masts  was  fearful.  Everyone  unprepared  was 
thrown  from  their  feet  by  the  shock.  We  rode  before  the  storm, 
which  carried  us  along  with  irresistible  fury.  I  made  my  way 
back  to  the  cabin  as  well  as  possible,  expecting  every  moment  to 
be  blown  01  washed  from  my  hold,  and  when  I  reached  the  door 
I  was  shot  into  the  cabin  like  an  arrow.  The  ship  pitched  to 


DRIVEN   BEFORE   A   STORM.  117 

such  an  extent  that  my  wife  and  Susie,  \vho  were  more  helpless 
than  the  men,  were  much  alarmed.  The  books  and  other  un- 
secured articles  were  strewn  in  dire  confusion  around  the  cabin. 
The  storm  lasted  through  the  whole  night  and  howled  incessantly  ; 
we  could  get  no  sleep  ;  just  as  we  would  begin  to  dose,  a  sudden 
gust  would  cause  us  to  rise  up  in  our  berths  expecting  the  ship 
was  torn  apart. 

Capt.  Cole  did  not  enter  the  cabin  till  morning,  excepting 
once,  soon  after  the  gale  broke,  he  came  to  assure  us  that  the 
ship  was  all  right,  and  that  there  was  no  danger  as  long  as  she 
kept  clear  of  the  numerous  islands  which  abounded  in  these  seas. 
He  only  had  a  nap  of  an  hour,  then  returned  on  deck  to  watch 
our  progress,  and  look  out  for  our  safet}'. 

The  storm  still  continued,  and  seemed  increasing  rather  than 
diminishing.  All  amusement,  and  in  fact  every  emploj-ment  on 
our  part  was  suspended.  Susie  seemed  preoccupied,  thinking 
perhaps  of  some  one,  and  his  exposed  position ;  Jean's  look  as 
he  watched  her,  showed  he  had  a  supicion  for  whom  she  felt  con- 
cerned. 

Two  days,  —  three  days  passed,  —  no  abatement ;  the  ship  had 
suffered,  and  I  saw  that  Brad  was  feeling  anxious,  for  if  the 
storm  continued  much  longer  she  would  be  dismantled,  and 
if  any  accident  happened  to  the  machinery  we  should  be  at  the 
mercy  of  the  elements.  The  sailors  were  worn  out  with  working 
and  watching,  and  although  we  had  nothing  to  do,  anxiety  and 
lack  of  sleep  had  told  upon  us.  Brad  was  looking  miserably,  but 
nothing  could  induce  him  to  leave  his  post  until  we  were  out  of 
danger. 

The  fourth  day,  —  the  wailing  and  shrieking  of  the  wind  is  not 
so  uproarious,  Brad  is  asleep  in  his  cabin,  my  wife  and  Susie  are 


THE   WAVES   ARE   YET  RUNNING  MOUNTAINS   HIGH. 

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118  A   ROMANCE    OP     PtRFUME    LANDS. 

dozing  in  their  seats,  Jean  and  I  are  are  looking  out  upon  the 
sea ;  the  waves  are  yet  running  mountains  high,  and  as  each  one  fol- 
lows its  predecessor,  it  looks  as  if  it  would  overwhelm  us.  This 
day  went  as  the  others  had,  in  anxiety  and  restlessness.  At 
night  the  wind  was  still  less  fierce,  and  we  all  hoped  and  wished 
the  storm  would  cease.  By  midnight  we  were  considerably 
refreshed,  having  had  an  opportunity  to  sleep  during  the  fre- 
quent lulls. 

In  the  morning  the  intense  blackness  of  the  sky  was  changed  to 
a  dull  leaden  hue.  The  wind  having  subsided  we  passed  a  more 
agreeable  day,  although  the  ship  still  rolled  and  pitched  heavily. 
In  the  afternoon  the  clouds  broke,  and  we  joyfully  hailed  the  sun, 
which  we  had  not  seen  for  five  long  days.  Night  came,  the  stars 
shone  brightly  and  beautifully,  seemingly  more  brilliant  in  com- 
parison with  the  appalling  blackness  of  the  preceding  nights. 

Brad  had  lost  his  reckoning,  but  thought  as  we  had  been  tear- 
ing along  so  furiously,  we  were  off  the  west  coast  of  Australia. 
After  the  storm  broke,  a  storm  jib  had  been  set  with  much  diffi- 
culty, and  with  it  we  had  been  driving  before  the  wind  during  the 
whole  hurricane,  it  being  our  only  chance  of  safety.  John  Gag- 
ler  could  not  tell  whether  we  were,  or  were  not,  near  the  island 
on  which  he  was  cast,  not  knowing  what  currents  we  had  encoun- 
tered in  the  storm ;  but  he  thought  the  direction  of  the  gale  was 
almost  the  same  as  that  in  which  the  "  Godolpha"  was  wrecked. 

At  the  break  of  day,  land  was  descried  off  the  port  bow. 
Captain  Cole  having  taken  observations  and  made  his  calcu- 
lations, told  us  the  land  was  probably  New  Zealand.  As  we 
approached,  tall  precipitous  cliffs  were  discernible  near  the  shore, 
and  volcanic  mountains  reared  their  heads  in  the  interior ;  run- 
ning in  a  short  distance  further,  we  anchored. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

CAPTIVES. 

WE  were  all  restless,  and  wanted  to  go  on  shore,  for  after  the 
rough  weather  we  had  experienced  we  felt  it  would  be  a 
respite ;  and  Susie,  as  usual,  was  very  anxious  to  examine  the 
flora  of  this  country.  Captain  Cole,  and  Mr.  Roscoe  the  first 
mate,  joined  us,  to  see  what  kind  of  a  place  we  had  anchored  at, 
and  if  there  was  a  chance  to  replenish  the  water,  for  one  of  the 
tanks  being  damaged,  we  had  run  short  during  the  storm. 
We  landed,  and  wandering  a  short  distance,  came  upon  a  fine 
spring,  and  around  it  indications  of  a  recent  encampment.  Ap- 
proaching carefully  we  could  see  no  signs  of  the  former  occupants, 
but  Jean  cautioned  us  to  be  very  careful  against  surprise,  as 
most  of  the  native  tribes  were  cannibals,  or  practised  cannibalism 
to  some  extent,  and  if  we  fell  into  their  power  we  should  cer- 
tainly fall  victims  to  their  horrible  practice,  as  have  many  of  the 
first  visitors  to  this  island.  Susie  was  the  only  one  who  had 
brought  anj'thing  from  the  ship,  with  the  exception  of  the  fire- 
arms carried  by  Brad,  Mr.  Roscoe,  Jean  and  myself.  Her  clip- 
ping scissors  she  always  wore  fastened  to  her  belt,  and  she  also 
carried  a  small  net  for  catching  insects,  and  a  bottle  of  ether 
for  smothering  them  or  reptiles  which  she  caught,  previous  to 

119 


120  A  ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

immersing  them  in  alcohol ;  the  large  bottle  of  alcohol  Patsey 
carried  for  her,  she  having  intrusted  it  to  his  care  with  much  risk 
as  to  its  safety,  for  he  was  continually  either  turning  it  over, 
balancing  it  on  one  finger,  or  on  the  end  of  his  nose,  and  perform- 
ing all  sorts  of  jugglery  tricks  with  it.  She  had  managed  to  find 
some  strange  reptiles  which  she  had  put  in  the  alcohol,  and  did 
not  care  to  lose  these,  or  the  jar,  as  it  was  a  valuable  one,  being 
made  of  heavy  white  glass,  with  a  platinum  screw  top  to  make 
it  ah*  tight  to  prevent  the  evaporation  of  the  alcohol ;  seeing 
his  carelessness  she  took  the  jar  away,  but  he  promising  to  carry 
it  carefully  she  again  intrusted  it  to  him.  It  was  fortunate,  as 
we  afterwards  discovered,  that  he  did  take  good  care  of  it. 

Sitting  down  around  the  spring  we  rested  for  awhile,  all  except 
Patsej- ;  his  restless  disposition  kept  him  rushing  around  into  all  the 
accessible  places,  frightening  the  birds,  often  coming  in  with  some 
new  flower  or  bush  for  Susie's  or  Jean's  examination.  Soon  after 
this,  Mr.  Roscoe  dispatched  Patsey  to  tell  the  boatswain  of  the 
the  boat  that  had  landed  us,  to  return  to  the  ship  and  bring  off 
two  water  casks  and  fill  them  at  the  spring.  He  soon  returned 
and  said  they  had  gone  to  obey  orders. 

"We  were  listening  to  his  report,  our  attention  directed  to  him, 
when  noticing  a  peculiar  subdued  rustling  we  looked  up.  A 
sight  met  our  eyes  that  made  our  hearts  sink.  Around  us,  above 
us,  on  every  side  stood  a  tribe  of  most  ferocious  looking  savages. 
We  grasped  our  guns  to  defend  ourselves,  but  saw  at  once  it  was 
useless,  for  such  were  their  numbers  and  the  advantage  of  their 
position  they  would  have  soon  overpowered  us,  then  our  treat- 
ment might  be  still  worse.  They  had  probably  been  in  ambush 
during  the  whole  time  we  were  at  the  spring,  and  as  we  afterward 
ascertained,  had  been  watching  the  ship,  and  seeing  a  boat  put 


AROUND    US,    ABOVE    US,    ON   EVERY   SIDE    STOOD    A   TRIBE    OF 
THE   MOST   FEROCIOUS    LOOKING    SAVAGES. 

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CAPTIVES.  121 

off,  had  waited  expecting  some  chance  would  throw  a  few  captives 
into  their  hands ;  and  had  several  times  been  on  the  point  of 
capturing  Patsey,  but  he  was  too  spry  for  them,  they  being  afraid 
to  attack  while  the  boat  was  at  the  landing,  so  had  waited  until 
they  saw  it  returning,  then  completely  surrounded  us,  rose,  and 
surprised  us. 

Finding  we  were  disposed  to  submit  without  resistance,  one 
of  the  natives,  principally  noticeable  for  his  tall  form,  broad 
chest  and  powerful  limbs,  advanced  and  by  motions  signed  for  us  to 
lay  down  our  arms,  which  we  reluctantly  did.  Then  four  of  the 
warriors  stepped  forward  and  took  them  up.  The  chief,  was  one 
of  high  rank,  as  could  be  seen  by  the  delicate  tattooing  that 
striped  his  face  and  bod}'.  Two  black  spirals,  starting  from  the 
nostrils  of  his  aquiline  nose,  circled  his  piercing  eyes,  and  meet- 
ing on  his  protruding  and  deeply  furrowed  brow,  were  lost  in  his 
abundant  hair.  His  mouth,  with  a  full  set  of  perfect,  shining 
teeth,  and  his  peaked  chin,  were  hidden  beneath  a  network  of 
varied  colors,  while  graceful  lines  wound  down  to  his  breast. 
The  sharp  albatross  bone  used  by  Maori  tattooers,  had  furrowed 
his  face  five  times,  in  close  and  deep  lines,  showing  that  he  had 
reached  his  fifth  promotion.  A  large  flaxen  mat,  ornamented 
with  dog-skins,  enveloped  his  person,  while  a  girdle  of  violet 
wampum  encircled  his  waist.  From  his  ears  dangled  earrings  of 
finely  polished  jade,  and  around  his  neck  hung  necklaces  of 
"ponnamons,"  sacred  stones,  to  which  the  New  Zealanders  at- 
tribute miraculous  properties.  He  also  carried  a  gun  of  American 
manufacture,  and  a  patou-patou,  or  double-edged  tomahawk. 
Motioning  a  detachment  of  his  warriors  to  lead,  he  signified  his 
wish  for  us  to  follow,  and  then  ordering  others  to  march  on 
each  side  of  us,  and  the  rest  of  them  to  bring  up  the  rear,  we 


122  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME     LANDS. 

started.  We  knew  not  where  we  were  going  or  what  would  be 
our  fate. 

How  fervently  and  frequently,  during  that  march  did  I 
wish  I  had  never  allowed  my  wife  or  her  sister,  to  go  on  this 
search  with  us.  We  had  not  as  yet  been  maltreated,  neither  had 
anything  except  our  guns  been  taken  from  us.  They  inspected 
the  jar  containing  the  reptiles,  but  probably  supposing  that  we 
were  preserving  them  to  eat,  did  not  take  possession  of  them. 
Knowing  the  habits  of  these  savages,  we  could  not  but  be 
seriously  alarmed ;  they  were  very  taciturn,  and  scarcely  spoke 
to  each  other.  However,  from  a  few  words  exchanged,  Brad  per- 
ceived that  they  were  slightly  acquainted  with  the  English  language  ; 
he  therefore  questioned  the  chief  in  regard  to  our  fate.  After 
considerable  haughty  gazing,  seeming  not  to  notice  what  Brad 
said,  the  chief  condescended  to  say  we  were  to  be  exchanged  for 
friends  lost  by  them  in  a  recent  battle  ;  if  their  enemies  refused  to 
make  the  exchange,  we  should  be  tortured  to  death. 

Hope  returned  somewhat  at  the  prospect  of  a  transfer,  as  we 
had  been  expecting  that  at  their  first  encampment  some  of 
us  would  fall  victims  to  their  appetites ;  but  now,  with  this 
bright  prospect  of  an  exchange,  even  if  we  were  not  soon  released 
by  the  sailors  of  our  ship,  when  on  their  return  they  should  dis- 
cover our  disappearance,  there  would  still  be  hope  left  us  of  escape. 
If  we  kept  on  the  march,  there  was  a  good  chance  of  our  rescue 
by  the  sailors,  as  they  were  devoted  to  Capt.  Cole,  and  would 
follow,  and  do  all  in  their  power  to  liberate  him  and  us.  Our  only 
fear  now  was  that  the  savages  had  some  rendezvous,  where  they 
had  their  canoes ;  then  they  could  soon  reach  the  interior,  and  be 
safe  from  pursuit. 

We  travelled  for  some  hours,  Brad  and  Mr.   Roscoe  ahead, 


CAPTIVES.  123 

wife  and  I  following,  and  Jean  and  Susie  behin^  us,  Patsey  bring- 
ing up  the  rear,  still  carrying  Susie's  jar  of  reptiles,  and  he  as 
lively  as  ever,  keeping  up  a  continual  fusilade  of  jokes  and  sto- 
ries ;  it  did  not  seem  to  make  the  least  difference  to  him  whether 
he  was  a  prisoner  or  not.  Soon  a  distant  murmur  indicated  our 
approach  to  swiftly  running  waters,  and  not  long  after  we  came 
to  the  junction  of  two  streams,  one  uniting  with  the  other  in 
resounding  cascades.  We  were  soon  in  sight  of  their  canoes, 
which  were  very  large,  nearly  eight  or  ten  feet  broad  and  seventy 
feet  long,  being  made  from  the  trunk  of  a  pine,  their  lofty 
prows  resembling  those  of  Venetian  gondolas.  Reaching  them  we 
embarked ;  in  the  bow  were  seated  eight  oarsmen  who  propelled 
the  canoe  ;  at  the  stern  a  native  guided  it  by  means  of  a  movable 
paddle.  "We  ascended  the  river  with  swiftness,  casting  many 
anxious  looks  towards  the  shores  we  had  left,  watching  for  signs 
of  rescuers ;  but  alas,  none  appeared.  Susie  and  my  wife  were 
very  much  frightened,  and  shivered  with  terror ;  we  could  hardly 
calm  their  fears.  The  sun  was  just  sinking  below  the  horizon  as 
the  canoe  ran  upon  a  bank  of  pumice  stones.  Several  trees  grew 
here,  and  the  encampment  was  pitched  for  the  night,  we  being 
placed  in  the  centre,  and  large  fires  built  on  the  outer  edge  of  the 
circle,  forming  an  impassable  barrier. 

The  next  da}T  we  ascended  the  river  with  the  same  speed ;  as 
the  day  waned,  we  gave  up  all  hopes  of  rescue,  as  we  saw  no 
signs  of  our  ship's  crew.  "We  encamped  again  at  night,  and  em- 
barked in  the  morning,  other  canoes  joining  us  from  various 
affluents  of  the  river  as  we  reached  them.  During  the  clay  we 
passed  through  a  narrow  gorge,  thickty  dotted  with  small  islands, 
and  eddies  breaking  violently  against  them  rendered  navigation 
extremely  difficult  and  dangerous ;  also,  at  this  point  the  river 


124  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

flowed  between  warm  springs ;  oxide  of  iron  colored  the  mndd> 
ground  a  brilliant  red,  and  not  a  square  yard  of  firm  earth  could  be 
seen.  We  were  seriously  annoj-ed  by  the  noxious  vapors  exhaled 
from  the  fissures  of  the  soil,  and  the  bubbles  that  burst  and  dis- 
charged their  gaseous  contents,  filled  the  air  with  a  heavy,  pene- 
trating, sulphurous  odor.  If  it  had  not  been  for  some  ammonia 
I  had  with  me,  which  I  passed  around  for  inhalation,  I  believe 
we  should  have  suffocated.  Patsey,  of  course,  wanted  to  smell  of 
it.  I  handed  it  to  him,  and  after  he  had  taken  a  mild  sniff,  see- 
ing the  steersman  watching  him,  offered  him  a  dose,  Patsey  show- 
ing him  how  to  apply  the  bottle  to  his  nose,  and  making  believe 
to  take  a  long,  strong  breath ;  he  then  held  it  up  to  the  savage, 
who  was  probably  congratulating  himself  that  he  was  to  have 
something  not  to  be  shared  with  his  comrades,  who  were  facing 
away  from  us.  The  steersman  stooped,  and  following  Patsey's 
directions  as  lie  understood  them,  took  a  long  pull  and  a  strong 
pull.  You  never  saw  such  a  surprised  and  demoralized  savage 
in  your  life  ;  it  took  his  breath  away  for  a  minute,  and  created  so 
much  confusion  by  his  losing  control  of  the  canoe,  that  we  came 
near  being  capsized.  He  will  probably  never  again  smell  from 
a  bottle  in  the  hands  of  a  stranger.  I  did  not  see  what  Patsey 
was  doing,  for  if  I  had,  I  would  have  prevented  it  for  fear  of  con- 
sequences. Susie  told  me  afterwards  that  she  saw  the  whole 
performance,  but  she  would  not  stop  it,  as  she  said,  "  it  was  good 
enough  for  the  painted  monkey."  I  gave  Patsey  a  lecturing,  tell- 
ing him,  never  to  give  ammonia  to  anyone  to  inhale,  without  first 
cautioning  them,  and  related  to  him  many  instances  of  people 
being  entirety  deprive  1  of  their  sense  of  smell  by  some  foolish 
person  giving  them  a  ver}*  strong  and  sudden  inhalation  of  am- 
monia, thinking  it  a  f  ue  joke ;  and  of  others,  who  had  been  so 


CAPTIVES.  125 

sifFected  by  it,  as  to  be  thrown  into  convulsions,  and  have  their  ner- 
vous system  disarranged  for  years  ;  and  in  the  present  instance, 
to  think  of  the  danger  it  put  us  in  ;  for  if  we  had  been  overturned, 
the  banks  would  have  afforded  us  no  refuge,  as  whoever  set  foot 
on  the  porous  crust  would  have  perished. 

For  two  miles  after  passing  these  hot  springs  the  canoes  glided 
within  a  vapory  mass  of  white  smoke,  whose  wreaths  arose  in 
gradually  decreasing  circles  above  the  river.  It  came  from  gey- 
sers, hundreds  of  which  lined  the  shore,  making  a  magnificent 
spectacle,  shooting  forth  their  waters  and  vapors,  which  mingling 
in  the  air  formed  rainbows  in  the  sunshine.  We  passed  this 
region,  and  before  the  close  of  day  ascended  two  more  rapids, 
and  at  evening  were  a  hundred  miles  from  our  place  of  capture. 

At  noon  next  day  we  entered  a  lake,  and  the  natives  hailed 
with  frantic  gestures  a  shred  of  cloth,  their  national  flag,  that 
waved  from  the  roof  of  a  hut.  Here  we  were,  helpless,  at  the 
mercy  of  these  vengeful  Maoris,  in  one  of  their  strongest  en- 
campments, inside  of  a  fortress.  What  hope  had  we?  On  our 
arrival,  when  passing  into  the  fort,  —  the  entrance  of  which  was 
decorated  with  heads,  belonging  probably  to  hostile  chiefs,  whose 
bodies  had  been  eaten  by  their  conquerors,  —  we  were  so  besieged 
by  the  fanatics  of  the  tribe,  that  to  secure  our  safety,  for  further  use, 
we  were  transferred  by  the  chief  who  captured  us,  to  a  sacred  place 
on  the  edge  of  a  precipice.  Here  we  were  temporarily  sheltered 
from  the  fury  of  the  natives,  and  we  stretched  ourselves  on  some 
flaxen  mats  to  rest,  for  it  had  been  a  long  and  tiresome  journey, 
especially  for  the  ladies.  Patsey  climbed  up  the  wall  and  looked 
out  through  an  opening,  left  probably  for  ventilation. 

When  towards  sunset  the  majority  of  the  natives  had  retired  to 
their  huts,  Patsey  thinking  that  in  the  dusk  he  might  get  outside 


ll'lj  A    ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

and  perhaps  escape  and  be  of  some  help,  asked  Jean  and  Brad  to 
lift  the  curtain  that  served  as  a  door,  when  he  had  counted  three. 

The  two  guards  at  the  door  were  drowsing,  and  no  better  op- 
portunity could  offer.  Patsey  going  to  the  furthest  part  of  the 
temple  opposite  the  door,  threw  off  his  jacket  and  shoes,  and  pre- 
pared for  a  rush,  and  counted,  — 

"  One  I 

"Two!! 

"THREE!!!" 

The  curtain  was  raised. 

He  dashed  past  us  like  a  flash  of  light,  and  turning  around  just 
as  he  reached  it,  he  turned  over  and  over  from  his  hands  to  his 
feet,  the  same  as  we  saw  him  do  on  shipboard.  The  guards  jumped 
up,  but  so  quickly  did  Patsey  go,  and  such  was  their  surprise  at  the 
novel  manner  of  his  exit,  that  they  did  not  raise  the  alarm  till  he 
had  got  quite  a  distance.  We  saw  at  the  first  alarm  the  natives 
come  out  in  swarms  from  their  huts,  and  then  we  lost  sight  of  Pat- 
sey. He  did  not  return  that  night,  and  we  were  so  worried  about 
him  that  we  censured  ourselves  many  times  for  letting  him  try  to 
gain  his  liberty,  for  perhaps  the  natives  being  provoked  at  him  for 
his  attempted  escape,  if  they  caught  him  would  torture  or  kill  him ; 
probably  he  was  now  furnishing  some  of  them  with  a  supper, 
though  he  would  not  be  very  tender ;  for  his  muscles  would  chew 
like  catgut.  We  saw  nothing  of  him  during  the  three  da}Ts  we 
were  left  to  ourselves.  At  the  end  of  that  time  an  event  hap- 
pened which  drove  all  hope  from  our  hearts. 

It  seems  we  were  held  for  exchange  for  one  of  their  high  priests, 
but  now  a  messenger  had  come  reporting  his  death.  Uamuok 
A.ik,  our  capturer,  waited  upon  us,  and  told  us  that  as  our  nation 
had  killed  their  high  priest,  their  revenge  would  fall  on  us. 


CAPTIVES.  127 

"  Our  gods  command  it.  Three  days  from  now  all  of  you 
shall  die,"  he  said. 

He  then  left  us. 

The  three  days  of  grace  were  allowed  to  give  them  tune  for  their 
mourning  ceremonials. 

What  a  night  we  passed !  Who  could  depict  our  anguish  or 
measure  our  sufferings ! 

As  for  escape,  that  was  clearly  impossible ;  neither  could  we 
rely  on  the  sailors  reaching  here  without  a  guide,  and  as  for 
Patsey,  —  we  were  in  a  quandary,  and  knew  not  what  to  think. 
Ten  warriors  armed  to  the  teeth,  guarded  us  since  his  departure. 

The  first  night  after  receiving  our  sentence  had  passed,  and  morn- 
ing came,  clear  and  beautiful.  We  were  then  removed  from  the  tem- 
ple, to  a  hut  at  the  foot  of  an  enormous  kondi,  where  the  guard 
was  still  further  strengthened.  The  hut  contained  considerable  food, 
which  we  scarcely  touched.  Hunger  gave  place  to  grief.  The 
day  passed  without  bringing  a  change  or  a  ray  of  hope.  The 
night  was  beautiful  as  the  day  had  been,  but  it  afforded  us  no 
pleasure  ;  only  two  days  more,  and  then  we  should  never  see  the 
beautiful  blue  sky  again. 

That  night,  that  livelong  night,  I  paced  the  hut  thinking  of  all 
manner  of  wild  expedients  to  escape. 

Towards  morning,  utterly  exhausted,  I  laid  down. 

Was  it  a  dream  ? 

I  awoke  refreshed.  The  sun  was  high  in  the  heavens.  I 
raised  nyself  on  my  elbow  and  looked  around.  Ah !  yes,  pris- 
oners yet,  —  it  was  then  all  a  dream !  I  had  dreamed  that  I  was 
following  a  star,  and  it  led  me  and  my  friends  through  groves, 
filled  with  luscious  fruits ;  and  flowers  of  beauteous  form  and 
rich  perfume  bordered  our  paths ;  in  Hie  distance  I  saw  home, 


128  A  ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME   LANDS. 

with  all  its  well  known  surroundings,  and  hurrying  to  reach  there 
I  awoke. 

What  was  the  meaning  of  it,  —  a  star !  Seeing  me  awake,  my 
wife,  Susie,  Brad,  Jean,  and  Mr.  Roscoe,  came  and  sat  down 
around  me.  Many  suggestions  were  offered  for  effecting  our 
escape,  but  all  were  abandoned  as  impracticable.  I  told  them  my 
dream.  They  seemed  to  think  it  but  a  sign  of  our  departure  from 
this  life,  instead  of  our  return  to  our  earthly  home. 

"  In  some  way,  we  must  and  will  escape,"  said  Brad. 

"  In  the  dream  of  the  star  I  seem  to  see  a  significance,"  spoke 
my  wife. 

"If  we  only  had  certain  chemicals  we  could  produce  effects 
that  would  scare  their  wits  from  them,"  I  soliloquized. 

"I  have  it,"  said  Jean,  excitedly.  "A  star  shall  lead  us! 
Susie,  where  is  your  jar  of  reptiles  ?  Bring  it  here,  please." 

"  Patsey  had  it  last,"  she  replied ;  "  we  must  have  left  it  at  the 
temple.  I  never  once  thought  of  it." 

' '  Then  we  can  do  nothing  without  it ;  on  that  I  depended," 
said  Jean,  sorrowfully. 

"Here  it  is,"  said  Capt.  Cole,  "  not  a  reptile  lost.  I  looked 
after  it  when  we  changed  our  quarters,  and  also  brought  Patsey's 
jacket,  which  he  threw  off  when  he  left  us." 

"How  kind  of  you,  Captain,"  said  Susie,  looking  at  him  al- 
most lovingly  out  of  her  beautiful,  blue  eyes. 

"  How  fortunate,"  interrupted  Jean,  who  of  course  did  not  like 
to  see  such  a  scene  prolonged ;  "  on  this  jar  and  a  dark  night  all 
our  success,  if  we  escape,  will  depend." 

"  I  do  not  see  how  a  bottlcful  of  reptiles  is  going  to  frighten 
these  savages,"  remarked  Mr.  Roscoe,  "  especially  as  they  see 
them  so  frequently." 


"You  shall  see,"  answered  Jean,  pleasantly.  "I  suppose, 
Susie,"  said  he  to  her,  "you  are  willing  to  sacrifice  your  collec- 
tion and  jar,  for  the  common  safety,  and  you  will  also  agree  to 
all  I  ask  of  you,  for  perhaps  upon  your  steadiness  in  this  trial  a 
great  deal  of  our  success  will  depend." 

''Most  willingly,  dear  friends,"  she  replied,  "anything  in  my 
power,  I  will  do,  if  you  but  command  me." 

We  had  all  gathered  around  Jean,  wondering  of  what  he  had 
thought. 

"If  it  is  dark  to-night,  we  will  try  to  escape,"  Jean  remarked  ; 
"  if  not,  to-morrow  night  we  must  make  the  attempt,  light  or 
dark.  Captain,  will  you  take  an  observation  and  see  how  mat- 
ters are  outside  ?  " 

Brad  raised  the  mat  and  counted  twent3'-five  natives  who  were 
watching  at  the  entrance. 

"  Rather  dubious,"  said  Brad,  putting  down  the  mat. 

"  Never  mind,"  said  Jean,  "  I  think  I  can  outwit  them  all." 

"But  how?"  we  all  exclaimed. 

"  To  commence,"  he  responded,  "  I  want  the  cork  to  your  am- 
monia bottle,  Mr.  Montague ;  I  have  a  knife,  and  I  want  to  cut 
the  cork  up  to  make  a  float ;  and  now,  Susie,  I  want  to  use  your 
scissors  to  destroy  the  top  to  your  preserving  jar.  First  the 
wire  you  use  as  a  handle,  then  the  cover.  Mr.  Roscoe,  if  you 
liave  a  knife,  I  want  to  set  you  to  work  to  make  a  lid  for  this 
jar ;  you  will  have  to  make  it  of  wood.  I  see  nothing  better. 
Select  a  hard  piece  from  the  wails  of  the  hut." 

We  were  soon  all  busy  under  Jean's  directions.  Susie  took  the 
reptiles  from  the  alcohol,  and  cleaned  ever}'  speck  of  dirt  from  the 
inside  and  outside  of  the  bottle.  I  was  at  work  on  another  cover 
for  the  jar,  making  it  out  of  hard  wood  ;  it  was  to  fit  over  the  one 


130  A  ROMANCE  OF  PERFUME  LANDS. 

that  Mr.  Roscoe  was  whittling  out,  for  the  cover  was  to  be  double, 
with  holes  cut  in  each  one  to  make  a  draft  to  allow  the  entrance 
of  air,  or  exclude  it  entirely.  Jean  was  cutting  a  star  from  the 
platinum  top,  making  it  as  large  as  it  was  possible  from  the 
size  of  the  cover.  I  now  knew  what  Jean  was  making,  and  on 
what  his  hopes  rested. 

We  worked  hard  all  day  on  the  covers  ;  it  was  slow  cutting, 
and  many  times  we  were  interrupted  by  the  entrance  of  some  one 
of  the  guard  to  see  what  we  were  doing,  when  we  had  to  hide  our 
work  quickly,  for  fear  they  would  take  it  from  us.  How  quickly 
the  time  flew!  The  day  did  not  seem  but  a  few  hours  long. 
Occupation  makes  life  pleasant,  and  time  golden.  Within  an 
hour  of  dusk  everything  was  ready  ;  the  jar  almost  full  of  alcohol, 
clear  as  crystal ;  in  it  the  float,  and  pendent  from  it  a  large  star 
of  platina,  the  covers  fitting  rather  roughly,  but  still  well  enough 
to  accomplish  what  we  wished. 

"  Now,"  said  I,  "  gather  up  all  the  provisions ;  there  is  plenty 
for  two  or  three  days  rations  and  we  may  need  them." 

We  had  eaten  but  little  during  our  last  three  days'  imprison- 
ment, fortunately  for  us,  as  it  now  appeared. 

**  We  will  try  our  apparatus,"  said  I  to  Jean  ;  "  carry  it  to  the 
furthest  corner  where  it  is  dark,  so  we  can  see  the  effect  better, 
and  not  let  the  guards  get  a  glimpse  of  it,  for  that  would  spoil 
all." 

Jean  carried  the  jar  to  the  corner,  took  off  the  wooden  covers, 
the  star  inside  suspended  just  n  hair's  breadth  over  the  cork  which 
was  floating  on  the  alcohol,  and  applied  a  lighted  match  to  the 
contents  of  the  jar;  a  lurid  flame  sprang  up,  in  a  moment  the 
star  was  red  hot.  Jean  immediately  put  on  the  two  covers, 
closed  the  drafts,  almost  smothered  the  flame  for  want  of  air, 


CAPTIVES.  131 

then  blew  it  entirely  out.  A  moment  of  suspense  —  a  moment 
which  was  ages  to  Jean  and  I,  knowing  what  ought  to  occur. 
Then  slowly  the  star  turned  a  brilliant  red,  until  it  shone  out  in 
the  darkness  like  a  natural  star  from  heaven.  A  cry  of  joy  could 
scarcety  be  suppressed  by  either  of  us,  and  we  heard  exclamations 
of  surprise  from  Susie,  Capt.  Cole,  and  Mr.  Roscoe.  for  even 
they  had  never  seen  this  really  wonderful  phenomenon.  What 
would  be  its  effect  on  the  uneducated  savages,  especially  in  the 
manner  in  which  Jean  intended  to  present  it,  we  could  only  sur- 
mise. We  looked  on  it,  not  only  as  a  valuable  discovery,  a  prin- 
ciple of  a  metal  pertaining  to  no  other  known  substance,  but  also 
as  a  prime  auxiliary  in  our  proposed  escape  from  the  savages. 

Jean  explained  that  platina  has  the  property,  when  once  heated, 
and  exposed  to  the  vapors  of  alcohol,  or  any  perfume  containing 
absolute  alcohol,  of  remaining  red-hot.  The  heat  of  the  platina 
evolves  hydrogen  from  the  alcohol  and  the  draft  in  the  top  letting 
in  the  air,  the  supply  being  regulated  by  adjusting  the  draft,  so  as 
to  supply  oxygen  in  proper  quantity  and  make  it  burn  more  or 
less  brightly.  No  matter  in  what  shape  the  platina  is  cut,  it  will 
remain  incandescent,  as  long  as  there  is  a  drop  of  alcohol  "eft  '.11 
the  vessel  in  which  it  is  put,  without  any  flame  being  present, 
being  kept  in  that  condition  by  the  rising  vapor  only. 


CHAPTER  XV. 

ESCAPE. 

OUR  situation  for  escape  was  more  favorable  in  this  hut.  than 
it  had  been  in  the  temple,  as  it  faced  the  lake,  on  which 
rocked  the  canoes  of  the  savages ;  if  we  reached  them  in  safety, 
all  would  be  well. 

The  night  came  and  the  moon  rose  early,  shedding  a  light  so 
bright  and  clear,  one  could  almost  read  without  the  aid  of  artifi- 
cial light ;  our  star  would  be  no  guide,  with  the  moon  for  a  rival ; 
we  must  wait  another  night  and  day.  The  night,  how  long ! 
The  day !  Would  it  never  end  ?  Each  one  of  us  counted  the 
interminable  hours,  but  it  did  not  shorten  them.  Everything 
was  prepared  for  our  flight ;  twilight  came  on,  the  sun  disappeared 
behind  a  bank  of  dense  clouds  of  threatening  aspect,  a  few  flashes 
of  lightning  illumined  the  horizon,  and  a  distant  peal  of  thun- 
der announced  a  coming  storm.  Jean  welcomed  it  as  subsidiary 
to  his  scheme.  About  eight  o'clock  the  sky  looked  like  a  black 
pall,  forming  an  excellent  background,  as  a  contrast  for  our  bright 
star.  Before  dusk  we  had  studied  our  course  and  made  our 
plans ;  all  were  cautioned  to  keep  close  together,  and  act  well 
tiieir  part.  Susie  was  to  lead  us ;  all  her  dark  clothes  were 
thrown  aside ;  she  was  to  wear  nothing  but  her  white  clothing. 


ESCAPE.  133 

Her  hair  was  unbound  and  hung  loosely  down  her  back  and  over 
her  shoulders,  and  in  her  left  hand  she  was  to  carry  the  jar,  with 
its  contents  in  full  operation ;  the  bright  star  only  would  show. 
Her  right  hand  was  rubbed  with  moistened  phosphorus  from 
matches,  a  plenty  of  which  we  always  carried  with  us  in  our 
pockets.  Brad,  Mr.  Roscoe,  Jean,  and  myself,  covered  our 
faces  with  the  same  substance,  so  that  in  the  intense  darkness  we 
looked  like  demons  of  fire. 

At  nine  o'clock  the  time  for  action  had  arrived.  The  moment 
at  which  we  had  decided  to  go,  a  violent  trembling  of  the  earth 
was  felt,  and  the  action  increased.  Hollow  rumblings  and  hiss- 
ings, sounded  in  the  air.  Jean,  all  excitement  exclaimed,  — 

"  Do  not  be  alarmed,  the  volcano  of  Maun  Ganamu  has  broken 
forth  in  some  new  locality ;  it  will  help  us.  Now,  Susie,  take 
your  position.  Captain  Cole,  you  and  Mr.  Roscoe  simultaneously 
raise  the  curtain  and  grin  like  imps  from  Hades  at  the  nearest 
guards;  then,  Susie,  hold  up  your  star,  and  every  little  while 
turn  and  beckon  us  on  with  your  phosphorescent  hand.  Mrs. 
Montague  will  go  between  Mr.  Montague  and  myself,  and  after 
we  have  passed  out,  drop  the  mat  and  bring  up  the  rear,  and  do 
your  best  to  make  up  the  most  horrible  faces,  and  so,  if  possible, 
scare  the  savages  out  of  their  senses." 

A  glance  to  see  that  all  was  ready. 

"Ready!  Raise!  Courage,  Susie,"  said  Jean  in  a  subdued 
voice,  for  he  saw  she  was  trembling  with  nervous  excitement. 

The  curtain  was  lifted. 

Susie  advanced. 

The  two  principal  guards  nearest  the  entrance  stepped  be- 
fore her  to  arrest  her  progress,  when  raising  their  eyes  they  saw 
the  shining  star;  their  dark  faces  turned  a  bluish  livid  color, 


SUSIE   ADVANCED. 


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"  WI  LSO  IN  I  ,Y" 


The  "Wilsonia"  Magnetic  Appliances  are  adapted  to  those 
who  have  weak  and  delicate  constitutions,  both  young  and  old; 
and  all  whose  health  has  been  broken  down  or  strength  impaired 
from  any  cause,  they  will  restore  to  robust  health.  They  act  al- 
most like  magic,  and  are  the  wonder  of  those  who  have  worn 
them,  and  of  all  who  have  seen  their  beneficial  effects.  Invalids 
who  have  tried  remedies  without  any  benefit,  whose  cases  were 
pronounced  incurable,  have  been  restored  to  health  by  the  "  Wil- 
sonia" Magnetic  Appliances.  They  are  worn  over  the  under- 
clothing, and  it  is  absolutely  impossible  for  one  to  take  cold  or 
contract  disease  while  wearing  them.  Among  the  many  forms  of 
disease  they  will  prevent,  relieve  and  cure  are  the  following :  — 

Toughs,  Colds,  Catarrh,  Bronchial  and  Asthmatic  Affections, 
all  Weakness  and  Dillicultics  of  the  Lungs,  all  forms  of  Dyspep- 
sia and  Indigestion,  Derangement  of  the  Liver  and  Heart  Disease, 
all  troubles  causing  Weakness  of  the  Back,  all  affections  of  the 
Kidneys  and  Urinary  Troubles,  Nervous  Debility,  Nervous  Pros- 
[nvigorator.  tration,  Acute  and  Chronic  Rheumatism,  Cold  Hands  and  Feet, 
Varicose  Veins,  Spinal  Disease,  Paralysis,  and  all  forms  of  diseases  and  troubles  incident 
to  females. 

READ   THE  FOLLOWING. 

HARRISON  SQTJARK,  BOSTON,  Sept.  16, 1881. 

Dr.  8.  G.  CLARKE  — Dear  Sir:  When  I  put  on  your  "  Wilsonia  "  Appliances,  about  two 
months  ago,  I  had  been  suffering  from  General  Debility  for  many  months,  and  was  obliged 
to  give  up  my  work  , it  last,  and  felt  convinced  thnt  I  should  never  be  able  to  resume  it 
again.  I  had  tried  many  different  kinds  of  medicine,  but  none  of  them  seemed  to  reach 
my  case,  or  do  me  any  good.  I  had  severe  bronchial  trouble,  night  sweats,  and  my 
strength  was  fast  failing  me.  The  day  I  put  on  your  "  Wilsonia  "  I  could  walk  but  a  very 
short  distance  without  becoming  completely  prostrated,  and  in  less  than  ten  days  after  ap- 
plying them,  I  walked  about  three  miles  on  a  rough  country  road,  and  experienced  no 
more  fatigue  than  one  would  in  ordinary  health.  I  also  had  rheumatism  in  my  neck  and 
shoulders,  and  my  head  would  get  so  confused  I  could  not  think  of  anything.  But  that 
is  all  gone,  and  I  am  now  able  to  attend  my  work  as  usual,  and  have  not  enjoyed  so  good 
health  for  years  as  I  do  to-day,  and  shall  be  only  too  happy  to  inform  any  who  may  be  de- 
sirous  of  learning  the  wonderfully  beneficial  effects  of  the  "  Wilsonia." 

I  remain  yours,  with  great  respect  and  gratitude, 

HENRY  BRIGHAM. 

Receiver  for  the  Metropolitan  Railroad,  corner  of  Dorchester  ave.  and  Park  st.,  Dorchester 
District. 

Other  References.    Hon.  Peter  Cooper,  New  York  City.    Dr.  J.  V.  Mansfield,  61 
West  42d  st.,  New  York  City.    Dr.  J.  M.  Demarest,  111  East  127th  st.,  New  York.    Prof. 
James  A.  Carmichael,  M.  D.,  New  York  City. 
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134  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

their  herculean  forms  trembled,  and  their  weapons  fell  to  the 
ground  at  their  feet.  The  others  seeing  what  an  effect  it  had 
produced  on  their  comrades  of  higher  rank,  became  themselves 
panic-stricken.  Many  fell  to  the  ground,  and  covering  their 
faces,  tried  to  shut  out  the  sight.  "We  grinned  and  distorted  our 
faces.  The  star  still  led  us  onward  unmolested.  The  volcano 
poured  forth  its  fire,  smoke,  and  molten  lava.  The  thunder 
rolled,  and  the  vivid  lightnings  flashed,  revealing  to  us  for  a  mo- 
ment the  path  we  were  to  follow,  and  the  terror-stricken  savages 
we  were  fast  leaving  behind  us.  We  approached  nearer  and 
nearer  to  the  canoes,  —  a  short  distance  further,  a  few  moments 
more,  and  we  are  safe.  Our  hearts  beating  wildly,  listening 
for  any  diminishing  of  the  fear  in  our  enemies.  How  eagerly  we 
waited  for  the  end.  At  last  we  reached  a  canoe,  and  stepping  in, 
we  pushed  off. 

"Free  at  last!"  exclaimed  Brad,  with  a  deep  sigh  of  relief, 
—  "  but  —  no  —  hear  the  noise  ;  they  have  a  suspicion  that  they 
are  deceived." 

"  One  more  trial,"  I  said.  "  All  turn  your  faces  towards  the 
shore.  Sing  some  weird  chant,  Susie,  the  moment  the  thunder 
stops ;  as  soon  as  the  lightning  flashes,  turn  quickly  all  of  }x>u 
and  pull  for  dear  life,  and  then  cover  the  star.  Perhaps  they  may 
think  we  have  arisen  in  a  cloud." 

An  instant  of  calmness  then  Susie's  voice  broke  the  stillness, 
and  a  chant,  the  music  of  which  penetrated  the  depths  of  the  soul, 
hushed  the  noise  on  the  shore,  and  all  was  still.  Soon  an  intense 
flash  of  lightning,  an  overpowering  burst  of  thunder  and  she 
paused,  we  quickly  turned,  and  dipping  the  paddles  we  sped 
onwards  over  the  lake  to  the  river.  No  pursuers  ;  the  effect  had 
been  complete. 


ESCAPE.  135 

All  night  the  thunder,  lightning,  and  rain  continued,  but  we 
worked  steadily  at  the  paddles ;  when  day  dawned  there  were 
many  miles  between  us  and  our  late  captors.  We  carefully  pre- 
served our  Magic  Star,  not  knowing  how  soon  we  might  require 
it.  As  soon  as  we  felt  satisfied  there  would  be  no  pursuit,  we 
washed  the  phosphorus  from  our  faces,  to  avoid  its  producing  any 
deleterious  effect  upon  the  skin.  We  went  ashore  at  break  of 
day,  and  concealed  our  boat  and  selves  until  near  nightfall,  then 
seeing  as  yet  no  signs  of  pursuers,  we  embarked  and  continued  our 
way,  cautiously  at  first,  but  soon  exerting  ourselves  to  our  ut- 
most, rapidly  descended  the  river.  Just  as  darkness  began  to 
settle  on  the  river  we  passed  the  geyser  region ;  then  knowing  we 
had  nothing  more  to  fear,  pushed  boldly  forward,  landing  a  little 
after  midnight  for  rest.  We  were  much  troubled  about  Patsey's 
non-appearance,  and  could  form  no  reason  for  his  not  being  seen 
again,  unless  he  had  been  recaptured.  We  finally  determined 
that  if  he  had  not  returned  to  the  ship,  we  would  come  back  with 
a  well  armed  crew  and  rescue  him  from  the  savages,  if  he  was 
yet  alive. 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

PATSEY*S  ADVENTURES,   ESCAPE,    AND    RETURN. 

rTIHE  next  morning  we  awoke  with  a  start,  caused  by  our  hear- 
-*-  ing  voices  proceeding  from  parties  in  a  boat  turning  a  bend 
in  the  river  below  us.  Keeping  ourselves  well  out  of  sight,  we 
anxiously  watched  the  approach  of  the  strangers. 

44  Probably  they  are  another  party  of  warriors  returning,"  said 
Brad. 

In  a  minute  or  two  we  saw  a  boat  shoot  around  the  curve,  in  the 
bow  of  which,  like  a  figure-head,  stood  Patsey.  Yes,  Patsey,  look- 
ing as  jolly  and  hearty  as  ever.  He  was  urging  the  crew  to  their 
utmost,  and  was  keeping  a  sharp  lookout  on  all  sides  for  any 
appearance  of  an  enemy.  We  saw  each  man  had  his  cutlass  and 
breech-loading  rifle  by  his  side  ready  for  any  emergency.  They 
were  probably  going  to  our  rescue.  Patsey  had  by  some  means 
escaped,  had  got  back  to  the  ship,  and  was  now  directing  them  to 
the  place  of  our  supposed  imprisonment,  where  he  had  left  us. 

How  thankful  we  felt  at  once  more  seeing  our  friends  can  well 
be  imagined.  We  went  to  the  bank,  and  waved  our  hats  and 
coats  to  attract  their  attention.  They  seemed  struck  dumb  with 
surprise  when  they  saw  us,  but  in  a  moment  they  all  rose,  and 
with  loud  cheers  greeted  us. 

138 


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from  the  best  custom  work. 

WINTER  OVERCOATS, 

In  Elegant  Styles,  Extensive  Assortment, 
Low  Prices. 


BOYS'  SUITS, 

Ltms  Pants,  Durable  and  Stylish, 
$3.50,  $5,  $6,  $7,  $7.50,  $8,  $10,  and  $12. 

CHILDREN'S   SUITS, 

WAEBANTED  ALL-WOOL, 

Very  handsomely  made  and  trimmed, 

$4,  $5,  $6,  $6.50,  $7,  $7.50,  $8,  and  $9. 

BOYS'       OVEUCOA-TS, 

In  all  the  Nobby  Styles  that  delight  the 
heart  of  Youth, 

$3,  $4,  $5,  $6,  $8,  $10,  $12,  and  $15. 

CHILDREN'S     OVERCOATS, 

"Warm  and  artistically  elegant, 
$2,  $3,  $5,  $8,  $7,  $3,  $9,  and  $10. 

Boys'  ani  Children's  Shinto  Pants  a  Spwialty. 


O- 


CO., 


EAGLE  CLOTHING  STORE, 

616  and  622  Washington  St.,  Cor.  Essex, 

ZBOSTOUST,  IMT^SS., 
And  116  WESTMINSTER  ST,  ,  PROVIDENCE,  R.  I. 


PATSEY*8   ADVENTURES,    ESCAPE,    AND    RETURN.  1#7 

John  Gagler, — good  old  John,  —  sat  in  the  stern  holding  the 
rudder  ropes  ;  he  headed  the  boat  towards  us,  and  embarking  in 
our  canoe  we  were  soon  alongside  of  them.  Many  were  the  hand 
shakings  and  demonstrations  of  greeting  and  affection.  Six  of 
the  sailors  being  transferred  into  the  canoe,  we  entered  the  boat, 
and  both  were  headed  down  stream. 

We  related  our  escape,  and  told  Patsey  how  anxious  we  were 
about  him.  "We  were  now  indebted  to  him  for  his  exertions  in 
coming  to  our  rescue,  and  thanked  him  a  thousand  times.  We 
asked  him  how  he  succeeded  in  making  his  escape,  and  he  told  us, 
that  after  making  his  exit  from  the  temple,  he  kept  turning  his 
flip-flaps  until  he  had  passed  the  guards,  and  he  thought  he  was 
going  to  make  good  his  escape,  when  suddenly  a  tall  and  power- 
fully built  savage  rushed  from  one  of  the  huts, — a  stranger 
chief  he  afterwards  learned,  who  was  visiting  Uamuok  Aik,  — 
and  stood  in  his  way  to  stop  him  ;  putting  on  more  speed  as  he 
came  nearer  to  the  visitor,  just  as  he  reached  him  he  gave  a  leap 
and  went  clear  over  the  chief's  head ;  landing  on  his  feet  he  made 
a  dash  for  the  river,  but  the  natives  had  now  become  aroused,  and 
a  number  of  them  took  up  the  pursuit. 

There  was  only  one  savage  in  his  course,  an  obese,  short,  wad- 
dling fellow ;  thinking  to  frighten  him  Patsey  said  he  turned 
again,  and  doing  his  flip-flaps,  as  he  called  them,  bore  down  upon 
him  with  lightning-like  rapidity.  Seeing  the  savage  was  deter- 
mined not  to  move,  Patsey  became  provoked  and  determined 
to  settle  his  account  at  once,  so  he  kept  on,  and  exerting  all 
his  strength,  which  was  not  slight,  struck  the  savage  such  a 
powerful  blow  in  the  stomach,  that  it  sent  him  rolling  down  the 
embankment,  over  and  over,  emitting  howls  of  pain,  and  Patsey 
was  thrown  several  feet  in  the  opposite  direction.  Springing  to 


138  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

his  feet  he  started  to  run,  but  losing  much  time  by  the  fall,  and 
being  almost  out  of  breath  with  his  exertions,  they  soon  captured 
him.  He  was  dragged  back  into  the  presence  of  Uamuok  Aik 
and  his  friend. 

The}7  talked  together  for  some  time.  Uamuok  Aik  seemed  de- 
sirous to  execute  Patsey  at  once  in  punishment  for  his  attempt  to 
escape,  and  the  indignity  offered  to  the  warrior  whom  Patsey  had 
knocked  down  the  hill,  but  the  other  chief  seemed  to  be  persuading 
him  to  sell  Patsey  to  him,  for  he  examined  him  closely,  and  felt 
of  his  arms,  legs,  and  body,  seemingly  in  admiration  of  their 
solidity,  strength,  and  size.  Some  kind  of  a  bargain  was  entered 
into,  for  Patsey  was  taken  to  the  stranger  chief's  canoe,  and  they 
soon  started  off,  heading  the  canoe  towards  the  upper  part  of  the 
lake.  Patse}*'s  hands  and  feet  were  tied,  but  having  learned  the 
modus  operandi  of  extricating  himself  from  ligatures  when  they 
were  tied  in  various  ways  over  his  body,  it  was  an  easy  task  for 
him  to  slip  his  wrists  and  ankles  from  his  bonds. 

He  was  placed  near  the  bow  of  the  boat ;  the  savages  thinking 
him  secure,  were  not  watching  him  very  closely.  Slipping  the 
binding  from  his  ankles,  and  well  loosening  those  around  his 
wrists,  he  made  a  backward  dive  and  went  over  the  bow  of  the 
canoe.  After  the  splash  aH  was  confusion ;  the  guards  looked 
into  the  water  and  all  around  to  see  Patsey  as  soon  as  he  should 
rise. 

The  sun  was  fast  sinking,  and  it  would  soon  be  dark.  They 
knew  if  Patsey  was  not  found  at  once,  he  would  drown.  They 
kept  watch  of  the  waters  for  a  long  tune,  and  paddled  back  and 
forth,  and  in  circles,  still  not  a  ripple  except  those  made  by  them- 
selves disturbed  the  surface  of  the  lake. 

What  had  become  of  him?    His  hands  and  feet  being  tied  they 


PATSEY'S  ADVENTURES,  ESCAPE,  AND  RETURN.  139 

probably  thought  he  must  have  gone  to  the  bottom, — drowned 
himself  rather  than  be  a  captive,  for  they  gave  up  the  search 
and  paddled  swiftly  on  their  course. 

The  prow  of  the  canoe,  which  was  a  very  large  one,  extended 
some  distance  over  the  water,  and  cast  a  deep  shadow,  so  any- 
one looking  over  the  bow  of  the  canoe,  unless  observing  very 
closely,  could  not  distinguish  any  object  on  the  water's  surface. 
Patsey  said  he  noticed  this,  and  being  almost  as  much  at  home 
in  the  water  as  on  land,  when  he  plunged  overboard,  he  passed 
directly  under  the  canoe,  and  caught  hold  of  the  keel  at  the  stern 
just  as  it  was  passing  over  his  head,  rose  to  the  surface,  and  took 
a  long  breath.  The  attention  of  the  savages,  for  the  moment  be- 
ing diverted  by  the  splash  at  the  bow,  they  did  not  notice  him  at 
the  stern.  In  a  moment,  having  regained  his  breath,  he  sank, 
and  swimming  under  the  now  stationary  canoe,  reached  the  prow. 
He  said  he  always  kept  his  eyes  open  under  water,  and  could  see 
just  where  he  was  going.  La}Ting  on  his  back,  his  head  in  the 
shadow  of  the  prow,  his  nostrils  just  above  water,  and  clinging 
with  his  toes  and  fingers  to  the  bottom,  he  lay  perfectly  still  until 
darkness  commenced  to  settle  over  the  lake,  and  the  canoe  was 
headed  inland.  Then  filling  his  lungs  with  a  long  breath,  he 
noiselessly  sank,  and  swimming  fast  under  the  water  till  his 
breath  was  almost  exhausted,  he  rose  to  the  surface. 

All  was  still  save  the  dip  of  the  paddles,  and  the  song  of  the 
oarsmen.  Sinking  once  more,  he  again  swam  until  he  was 
obliged  to  rise  for  air  ;  still  no  signs  of  discovery.  One  more  he 
went  down,  and  rising  to  the  surface  floated  on  his  back  for  a 
long  time;  then  seeing  he  had  really  evaded  his  keepers,  he 
struggled  to  the  shore,  and  dragging  himself  to  land,  lay  down 
ind  was  soon  in  a  sound  sleep.  Awakening  about  midnight, 


FOR  PUBLIC   AND  PRIVATE 

ILLUMINATIONS, 


THEATRICALS, 

MILITARY  PROCESSIONS,  ETC. 


OF  ALL  PARTS  OF  THE  WORLD. 

LECTURES  ILLUSTRATED. 
ALL   ORDERS  BY  MAIL    PROMPTLY  ATTENDED   TO. 


140  A    ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

cold  and  hungry,  he  commenced  a  brisk  run,  and  was  soon  well 
warmed,  but  could  find  nothing  to  appease  his  hunger.  He  came 
within  sight  of  the  encampment  of  Uamuok  Aik,  and  thought  if 
he  could  get  a  small  canoe,  he  could  travel  faster  by  going  down 
the  river,  and  in  a  short  time  reach  the  ship,  after  which  he  could 
return  with  a  well  armed  crew  to  rescue  us ;  so  taking  again  to 
the  water,  he  swam  towards  the  canoes ;  reaching  them  he 
selected  the  smallest,  and  pushing  it  out  into  the  lake,  and  with 
much  difficulty  getting  into  it,  he  paddled  for  life ;  had  reached 
the  ship  only  the  morning  before,  and  having  told  his  story  to 
the  sailors,  he  took  a  short  rest,  and  then,  with  the  crew  equipped 
as  we  saw  them,  was  on  the  wa}^  to  the  lake  again. 

We  applauded  his  pluck  and  skill,  and  expressed  how  gladly 
we  felt  at  his  escape.  Feeling  very  much  fatigued,  though  the  ex- 
citement incident  upon  Patsey's  narrative  had  for  a  time  diverted 
us,  we  made  ourselves  as  comfortable  as  possible,  and  were 
soon  asleep.  "We  slept  soundly,  and  were  aroused  at  night  by  the 
thump  of  the  boat  against  our  ship's  side.  "We  scrambled  on 
board  half  awake  and  half  asleep,  received  the  congratulations  of 
those  who  had  been  left  to  care  for  the  ship,  and  retired  to  our 
cabins  to  complete  our  sleep.  "When  we  awoke  and  went  on  deck 
we  found  that  the  ship  was  under  way  and  no  land  in  sight. 
Brad  had  not  retired,  but  immediately  after  we  descended  to  our 
cabins,  had  the  engineer  get  up  steam  and  started  as  quickly  as 
possible  from  these  inhospitable  shores.  Although  the  vessel  had 
been  badly  damaged  by  the  late  storm,  yet  with  the  repairs  the 
ship's  carpenters  had  made,  we  could  reach  Australia,  and  then 
finish  the  repairing  in  proper  shape  after  our  arrival  there. 

During  the  day  Jean  brought  forth  the  jar  containing  the  red- 
hot  star,  and  putting  into  it  some  extract  of  roudeletia,  which  he 


PATSEY'S  ADVENTURES,  ESCAPE,  AND  RETURN.  141 

changed  later  in  the  afternoon  to  extract  of  ylang  ylang  and  san- 
dal wood,  he  filled  the  ship  with  the  odor  of  these  delightful  per- 
fumes. 

The  sailors  all  wished  to  examine  the  apparatus,  and  one  and 
all  expressed  their  wonder  and  "  Shiver  my  timbers,"  or  "  Hope 
I  may  die,"  if  they  could  see  how  the  "  lubber"  worked. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

BRAD   DETERMINED. 

TT7E  soou  reached  Sydney,  the  voyage  having  passed  without 
'  '  any  unusual  occurrence. 

We  staid  here  for  a  few  days,  during  which  all  the  damage  that 
we  suffered  in  the  storm  that  drove  us  to  the  shores  of  New  Zea- 
land, was  properly  repaired. 

We  were  delighted  to  be  again  among  our  own  countrymen 
whom  only  a  few  days  ago  we  never  expected  to  see  again.  We 
visited  the  principal  places  of  interest,  and  dined  at  a  hotel  for 
the  first  time  since  we  had  left  La  Union.  In  the  evening  we  at- 
tended the  principal  theatre,  the  first  we  had  entered  since  wo 
left  Boston.  It  seemed  like  being  at  home  again.  The  next  day 
we  intended  visiting  the  "  Orangery,"  a  few  miles  from  Sydney, 
owned  by  Richard  Hill,  Esq. 

We  started  early  in  the  forenoon,  the  ladies  in  a  caleche,  with 
myself  as  driver,  and  the  rest  of  our  party  on  horseback.  It  was 
a  beautiful  day,  and  the  ride  was  exhilarating.  Reaching  the 
Orangery,  we  nsked  permission  to  inspect  the  grounds,  which 
was  granted  us  by  the  foreman,  who  politely  offered  his  services 
as  guide,  which  we  accepted. 

The  cultivation  of  the  orange  is  entered  into  exclusively  on  this 

143 


BRAD   DETERMINED.  143 

plantation.  The  indescribable  odor  of  the  orange  blossoms,  which 
greeted  our  senses  when  we  were  neariug  the  place,  was  exquisite. 
Groves  of  orange  trees  stretched  for  long  distances  before  us. 
The  sight  of  the  blossoms,  and  the  luscious  fruit  in  all  stages  of 
development  was  pleasing  to  the  eye.  The  orange  tree  is  one  of 
the  most  wonderful  productions  of  nature,  and  the  more  we  think 
of  it,  the  more  astonishing  it  seems,  as  four  distinct  odors  are 
procurable  from  this  tree.  .  From  the  blossoms,  by  distillation,  is 
procured  the  Otto  of  Neroli,  the  perfume  of  which  is  finer  by  far 
than  that  of  otto  of  roses,  and  has  not  the  cloj'ing  sweetness 
which  belongs  to  the  latter. 

"  The  origin  of  the  term  '  neroli,'  applied  to  the  otto  of  orange- 
blossoms,  is  not  very  definite,"  I  casually  remarked. 

"  It  may  have  been  named  after  the  celebrated  Roman  Emperor, 
Nero,"  answered  Jean,  "  who  was  so  fond  of  sweet  odors  that  he 
caused  the  roof  of  his  dining  halls  to  represent  the  firmament, 
and  to  shower  down,  night  and  day  all  sorts  of  perfumes  and 
sweet  waters." 

"Or  it  maybe,"  observed  Susie,  "that  neroli  was  first  pro- 
cured by  the  Sabines,  who,  to  distinguish  it  from  other  perfumes 
of  the  period,  named  it  neroli,  from  k  nero,'  which  signifies 
'  strong.'  The  Sabines,  }*ou  know,  inhabit  Sabina,  a  province  of 
Italy,  where  the  orange  trees  are  very  abundant." 

"  The  otto  of  neroli,  produced  from  the  flowers  of  the  Citrus 
Aurantium,  is  considered  to  be  the  finest  qualitj-,"  said  I,  "and 
is  called  '  neroli  petale.'  The  second  quality  is  called  '  neroli 
bigarade,'  and  is  derived  from  the  flowers  of  the  Citrus  Bigaradia, 
or  Seville  orange.  The  otto  of  neroli  dissolved  in  alcohol  forms 
the  Essence  of  Neroli,  which  is  used  to  an  enormous  extent  in 
the  manufacture  of  colognes,  and  although  very  agreeable,  it  has 


144  A    ROMANCE    OF    PEKFUME    LANDS. 

no  relation  to  the  flowery  odor  of  the  extract  of  orange  blos- 
soms or  extrait  de  fleur  d'orange,  which  is  the  second  distinct  odor 
derived  by  maceration  from  the  same  flowers ;  in  fact  it  has  as 
lltl'erent  an  odor  as  though  obtained  from  a  different  plant. 
Yet  in  theory,  both  these  perfumes  are  but  alcoholic  solutions 
of  the  otto  of  the  flower.  The  Extract  of  Orange  Blossoms  as 
u  handkerchief  perfume  is  surpassed  by  none  and  equalled  by  few. 
This  extract  resembles  the  odor  of  the  blossoms  so  perfectly,  that 
with  closed  e}'es  the  best  judge  could  not  distinguish  the  scent 
of  the  extract  from  that  of  the  flower. 

' '  Another  otto,  the  third  distinct  odor  from  this  same  tree,  called 
Otto  of  Petitgraiu,  procured  by  distillation  of  the  leaves,  and  the 
3'ouug  unripe  fruit,  is  mainly  consumed  in  scenting  soaps."  I 
picked  a  leaf,  and  holding  it  in  the  line  of  vision  between  my 
friends  and  the  sun,  pointed  out  the  small  globular  sacs  contaiu- 
ng  the  otto.  "  From  this  fact  the  term  petit  grain,  small  grains, 
is  derived,"  I  continued.  "Look  at  these  trees  ;  here  are  blos- 
soms, some  of  the  fruit  just  forming,  some  very  small,  and  some 
almost  fully  ripe  ready  to  be  gathered." 

k'  Yes,"  said  the  superintendent,  coming  up  to  us  as  I  spoke, 
"  it  is  a  strange  freak  of  nature.  Try  this  orange,"  picking  one 
from  the  tree  as  he  spoke. 

"  It  is  very  tough,"  I  remarked,  tasting  it. 

•;  Don't  eat  it,"  said  he  ;  "  that  orange  was  last  year's  growth  ; 
we  sometimes  neglect  to  gather  them  all ;  that  one  was  left  and 
the  juice  ran  back  into  the  tree,  so  that  if  you  had  picked  it  at 
that  period  and  opened  it,  you  would  have  found  it  without  juice, 
the  inner  part  appearing  like  a  sponge ;  when  the  season  came 
round  again  this  orange  was  again  filled  with  its  juices,  but  it  is 
not  so  tender  nor  so  well  flavored,  as  it  was  at  its  first  develop- 


THESE 


THE  BLANCHARD  FOODS, 

(Concentrated  and  Artificially  Digested.) 

A  SURE  NATURAL  REMEDY 


For  all    forms  of   DYSPEPTIC, 
WASTING  and  CHBONIO 
DISEASE.       Cir- 
ulars  free  on 
cation 


ARE  LIQUID 

FOODS, 

PREPARED  DIRECTLY  FROM 

Wheat,  Beef,  Milk. 

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THE  TONIC  EXTRACT  OF  WHEAT  is  used  where  there  is  a  fair  condition  of  the 
Stomach,  taken  directly  after  each  meal,  and  is  especially  designed  for  a  depressed 
nervous  system  in  the  intellectual  worker.  $1.00  each,  or  six  bottles  for  $5.00. 

THE  FIBRIL  OF  WHEAT,  for  a  dyspeptic  condition,  taken  directly  after  each  meal. 
$2.00  each,  or  six  botties  for  $10.00. 

THE  BEEF  AND  MILK,  for  a  very  weak  condition,  taken  three  or  four  times  a  day. 
$2.00  each,  or  six  bottles  for  $10.00. 

THE  LIFE  FOOD,  to  accompany  either  of  the  others,  taken  between  meals.  A  dessert- 
spoonful of  this  perfect  food,  taken  in  a  glass  of  milk,  is  a  very  invigorating,  palatable, 
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Letter  from  Dr.  Austin  Phelps,  of  Andover  Theological  Seminary. 

ANDOVBR,  MASS.,  Dec.  2, 1878. 

Tour  compound  of  Beef  and  Wheat,  which  you  term  "Life  Food,"  and  your  Tonio 
Extract  of  Wheat,  are  both  excellent.    I  have  no  hesitation,  after  a  thorough  trial,  of  rec- 


ommending them  in  cases  of  chronic  dyspepsia  and  nervous  prostration 
Yours  truly 


AUSTIN  PHELPS. 


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BRAD    DETERMINED.  145 

ment.  "We  sometimes  let  them  stay  on  the  tree  for  several  years, 
and  in  some  varieties  it  does  not  seem  to  impair  the  flavor  of  the 
fruit  in  the  least  to  allow  them  to  remain  for  many  seasons." 

We  each  ate  several  oranges,  and  as  we  strolled  along  con- 
versed about  the  orange  trees.  The}1  were  in  fine  condition,  and 
heavily  laden  with  fruit. 

Jean  told  us  that  at  Nice,  where  the  tree  may  be  considered  nat- 
uralized, there  was  one  tree  which  generally  bore  five  thousand  or 
six  thousand  oranges,  and  which  was  more  than  fifty  feet  high, 
with  a  trunk  fifteen  feet  in  circumference ;  and  in  Cordova,  the 
noted  seat  of  Moorish  grandeur  and  luxuiy,  in  Spain,  there  are 
orange  trees  still  remaining,  which  are  said  to  be  six  hundred  or 
seven  hundred  years  old. 

The  produce  of  the  tree  is  almost  incredible,  props  alwa}rs  be- 
ing used  to  prevent  the  weight  of  the  fruit  from  breaking  down 
the  branches.  One,  an  orange  tree  in  the  quinta  or  orange  gar- 
den of  Barao  das  Laranjeiras,  the  superintendent  told  us,  pro- 
duced twenty  thousand  oranges  at  one  time.  The  "  Orangery" 
we  were  now  visiting  contained  some  sixty  acres,  and  was  sur- 
rounded with  high  walls  and  tall  growing  trees  to  protect  the 
orange  trees  from  the  cool  sea  breezes. 

We  walked  a  long  distance  through  this  perfume  forest,  and 
came  at  last  to  the  operating  house  where  the  Otto  of  Keroli, 
petale,  bigarade,  and  Otto  of  Petitgrain  were  distilled,  and  the 
Pomade  Fleur  d'Orange  is  prepared  from  which  the  extract  of 
orange  blossoms  is  taken.  The  water  used  for  distillation  in  pro- 
curing otto  of  neroli,  when  well  freed  from  the  otto,  is  the  can  de 
fleur  d'orange  or  Orange  Flower  Water,  useful  and  pleasant  to 
bathe  the  skin,  and  as  an  e}-e  lotion,  as  also  a  tonic  for  general 
debility  or  nervousness ;  and  is  finer  in  many  respects  than 
10 


146  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

rose-water.  Here  also  is  procured  the  Otto  of  Orange  Peel,  the 
fourth  distinct  odor  derived  from  this  prolific  plant.  This  is  the 
odoriferous  principle  of  the  rind  of  the  orange  fruit,  and  is  pro- 
cured by  expression  and  distillation.  The  peel  or  flavedo  is 
rasped,  in  order  to  crush  the  little  vessels  or  sacs  that  imprison 
the  otto,  and  it  is  then  taken  upon  pieces  of  cotton,  which  are  put 
into  a  press  and  subjected  to  a  powerful  pressure ;  this  peel 
is  afterwards  put  into  a  still  with  water,  and  an  inferior  quality 
of  otto  is  procured.  Its  abundance  in  the  peel  is  shown  by 
pinching  a  piece  near  the  flame  of  a  candle  ;  the  otto  that  spurts 
out  ignites  with  a  brilliant  illumination. 

Having  seen  the  principal  features  of  this  immense  orange  gar- 
den, we  expressed  our  thanks  to  the  superintendent  for  the  instruc- 
tive entertainment  he  had  afforded  us,  and  bidding  him  adieu, 
were  soon  on  our  way  to  Sydney. 

""Why  is  it,"  said  Jean  to  us,  as  he  rode  leisurely  beside 
the  carriage,  "  that  parties  in  the  United  States  do  not  as- 
certain the  particular  localities  favorable  to  the  production  of 
certain  plants  valuable  in  perfumery,  besides  producing  other 
commercial  products,  and  make  a  specialty  of  raising  them  as 
they  do  here  and  in  France  and  in  many  other  countries  ?  " 

"  I  cannot  tell,"  I  answered,  "  but  probably  from  ignorance  of 
the  profit  accruing  from  such  a  course,  though  every  }rear  we  find 
more  and  more  business  men  are  making  specialties  of  some  par- 
ticular branch  or  article  of  trade,  knowing  that  with  a  conscien- 
tious study  of  that  one  article  or  branch,  and  taking  an  interest 
in  developing  its  worth  and  properties  to  their  highest  degree, 
they  have  a  life's  labor  before  them." 

We  reached  the  hotel  on  George  Street,  where  we  were  to  stop 
till  the  repairs  on  the  ship  were  completed.  Brad  wanted  to 


BRAD   DETERMINED.  147 

have  everything  in  the  best  order,  for  he  was  determined  to  search 
all  the  islands  in  the  neighborhood,  and  to  follow  any  and  every 
clew  that  turned  up  that  he  thought  might  help  him  in  finding  his 
father.  He  was  with  us  at  the  hotel  in  the  evening,  and  said  he 
had  planned  a  ride  into  the  country  for  the  morrow.  We  ex- 
pressed our  willingness  to  go,  and  he  promised  us  a  very  pleas- 
ant trip. 

This  time  we  were  all  mounted  on  good  horses.  On  our  arrival 
at  the  top  of  the  hill  which  we  had  been  ascending,  we  stopped 
for  some  minutes  in  silent  admiration  of  the  beautiful  scene  dis- 
played before  us.  A  large  plain  lay  below  and  in  front  of  us  in 
which  the  river  that  flowed  around  the  base  of  this  eminence, 
spread  into  a  wide  basin  or  lake,  covered  with  white  and  blue 
water  lilies,  and  here  and  there  a  head  of  pink  nelumbium  in  the 
midst  of  them  ;  its  banks  were  adorned  with  reeds  and  flowering 
plants  ;  the  grass  of  the  plain  was  five  feet  high  and  very  silky,  and 
small  hillocks,  and  graceful  shrubs  some  of  which  were  in  flower, 
and  clumps  of  trees,  were  spread  over  the  surface.  Susie  was  in 
ecstacies  at  seeing  so  many  new  and  beautiful  flowers  and  plants, 
and  the  many  brilliantly  colored  and  curious  insects  that  she 
sent  Patsey  to  catch,  kept  her  occupied,  and  made  the  excursion 
one  of  great  pleasure  to  her. 

Perceiving  a  musky  odor  in  the  air,  we  inquired  of  Brad  the 
cause,  but  he  could  not  tell  us.  In  the  woods  through  which  we 
passed,  Susie  pointed  out  to  us  the  myrtle  tree,  which  rears  its 
head  a  hundred  feet  high  before  it  expands  into  its  umbrageous 
canopy  of  foliage,  and  three  kinds  of  tho  Eucal}*pti  family.  The 
Eucalyptus  amygdalina  or  Tasmanian  peppermint  tree,  the  otto 
of  which  has  a  strange  odor  of  peppermint  combined  with  nutmegs. 
The  Eucalyptus  odorata  or  the  peppermint  tree,  and  the  Eucalyptus 


148  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

globulus  or  blue-gum  tree,  a  myall-wood  tree,  Acacia  pendula,  the 
wood  of  which  has  an  intense  and  delightful  odor  of  violets, —  a 
very  scarce  perfume  iu  nature.  After  having  crossed  the  plain  we 
came  upon  a  scrub  of  the  well  known  Gum  Wattle,  Acacia  decur- 
rens.  Every  year,  as  the  season  of  blossoming  returns,  many  of 
the  vallej-s  are  redolent  with  their  exquisite  odor.  This  fragrance 
is,  however,  entirely  in  the  blossoms,  for  the  wood  and  leaves  are 
wholly  devoid  of  perfume.  Extract  of  Cassie  is  procured  from 
the  blossoms  of  the  plant,  and  is  one  of  those  fine  odors  which 
enters  into  the  composition  of  the  best  handkerchief  bouquets, 
imparting  to  them  such  a  true  flowery  fragrance,  that  it  is  re- 
marked b}-  all  who  smell  them.  When  the  extract  of  cassie  is 
inhaled  alone,  it  has  a  powerful  odor  of  violets,  and  is  intensely 
sweet. 

Jean  and  Patsey  gathered  a  quantity  of  the  blossoms,  Jean 
telling  us  he  would  show  us  how  to  extract  the  perfume  from 
them,  in  small  quantities,  so  we  would  know  how  to  do  the  same 
with  a  small  number  of  almost  any  flowers. 

"This  odor,"  he  said,  "must  not  be  confounded  with  cassia, 
which  is  derived  from  the  cassia  tree,  that  j'ields  the  common  com- 
mercial cinnamon.  Cassie  is  a  contraction  of  acacia." 

"  From  this  same  Gum  Wattle,"  said  Brad,  "  is  procured  gall- 
berries,  of  great  utilization  in  many  branches  of  commerce ;  a 
gum  similar  to  gum  Arabic,  and  the  bark  is  of  much  value  to  the 
tanner ;  the  gum  is  used  as  an  article  of  food  by  the  aborigines, 
and  is  said  to  be  quite  nutritious  ;  it  would  be  well  for  some  one 
to  try  naturalizing  it  in  the  United  States." 

We  saw  a  few  Sandal-wood  trees,  and  some  Linaloes  from 
which  is  obtained  a  fragrant  otto. 

Here  instead  of  plants  of  slight  proportions,  we  found  that 


BSAD   DETERMINED.  149 

the  products  are  procured  from  trees,  which  form  the  loftiest 
timber  of  Australia,  and  the  animals  here  are  like  no  others, 
seemingly  to  be  combinations  or  cross-breeds  of  well  known 
species. 

After  eating  our  luncheon,  we  took  a  long  rest  and  then  set 
out  on  our  return.  Whilst  jogging  leisurely  along,  we  were 
startled  by  a  large  animal,  apparently  nine  feet  high,  leaping 
across  the  road  ahead  of  us.  We  soon  saw  that  it  was  a  kan- 
garoo, and  the  leaps  it  made  were  so  prodigious  that  it  was  soon 
out  of  sight.  Capt.  Cole  related  many  anecdotes  of  these  strange 
creatures,  which  interested  us  until  we  came  in  sight  of  the  city. 
Spurring  our  horses  we  soon  reached  the  hotel,  quite  weary  with 
our  long  ride.  After  supper,  the  evening  was  whiled  away  in 
conversation,  and  as  we  were  bidding  Brad  good  night,  he  told 
us  that  the  ship  would  be  ready  to  start  towards  the  evening  of 
the  next  day,  and  if  agreeable  to  us  he  would  like  to  set  sail 
then. 

"  If  you  would  prefer  to  rest  here  for  three  or  four  months 
while  I  cruise  among  the  islands,  I  would  then  return  for  you." 

We,  as  with  one  voice,  interrupted  him  and  told  him  he  ought 
to  be  ashamed  to  make  such  a  proposition. 

"  The  idea,"  said  Susie,  "  of  our  wishing  to  leave  you  to  make 
your  search  alone  ;  but  probably  you  consider  us  more  of  a  draw- 
back than  a  help,  yet  3'ou  must  confess,"  and  she  smiled  at  him 
bewitchingly,  "  that  we  are  company  for  you,  and  you  know  the 
old  saying,  —  *  poor  company  is  better  than  none.' " 

"I'll  be  a  martyr  to  your  company  awhile  longer  then,"  he 
merrily  answered. 

A  pleasing  martyrdom  to  him,  I  thought. 

The  next  day  we  laid  iu  a.  supply  of  necessaries  for  a  long  voy« 


150  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

age,  and  saw  them  safely  aboard  the  ship.  Brad  was  resolved  to 
make  a  careful  and  thorough  search  among  the  islands,  and  not 
to  return  unless  inevitably  obliged  to  do  so. 


CHAPTER    XVIII. 

AN   UNSUCCESSFUL    SEARCH. 

TTTE  had  started  from  Sydney  on  the  evening  the  Cynthia  was 
'  »  ready,  and  for  two  months  we  have  sailed  among  and  ex- 
amined many  islands,  but  not  the  slightest  trace  of  the  wrecked 
"  Godolpha,"  can  we  bring  to  light.  We  had  first  set  out  to 
the  island  where  John  Gagler  had  been  a  slave  to  the  savages  for 
two  years,  he  knowing  the  exact  latitude  and  longitude  of  it. 
From  there  we  were  to  commence  our  search.  Either  John  Gag- 
ler had  forgotten  to  which  point  of  the  compass  it  lay,  or  else 
he  had  not  ascertained  it  correctly,  for  not  the  least  sign  of 
it  could  we  find.  He  was  puzzled,  or  appeared  to  be.  Brad 
was  disappointed,  and  judging  from  present  appearances,  began 
to  doubt  John  Gagler's  story.  We  had  used  up  our  supply  of 
coal,  and  had  been  obliged  to  have  recourse  to  our  sails,  by  which 
we  made  but  slow  progress  ;  so  Brad  very  reluctantly  was  obliged 
to  put  in  here  at  Colombo,  Ceylon,  to  get  a  supply  of  coal,  and 
then  we  were  to  renew  the  search. 

This  island,  in  comparison  to  its  limited  area,  is  wonderfully 
endowed.  Brad  was  not  positive  that  he  could  be  supplied  here, 
but  thought  he  would  try  as  it  would  save  the  trouble  of  going  to 
Calcutta.  It  offered  to  Susie,  Jean,  and  I,  a  splendid  opportunity 


152  A  ROMANCE  OF  PERFUME  LANDS. 

for  the  examination  of  many  productions  of  this  place,  of  which  we 
used  large  quantities.  During  the  time  Brad  would  be  making 
his  contracts,  we  should  have  sufficient  time  to  see  all  we  wished. 
On  the  estate  of  Mr.  Winter,  who  cultivated  large  tracts  of  the 
Citronella,  Lemongrass,  Cinnamon  and  Cassia  plants,  and  distilled 
from  them  their  ottos,  we  saw  all  of  these  articles  in  their  va- 
rious stages  of  production.  The  Otto  of  Citronella  is  distilled 
from  the  leaves  of  the  Andropogon  Schoenanthus,  acres  of  which  we 
noticed  growing  on  his  grounds,  almost  wild,  and  in  abundance, 
requiring  but  little  care  in  its  cultivation.  The  otto  possesses  a 
very  sweet,  overpowering  odor ;  its  color  when  taken  from  the 
bottles,  is  a  light  brown ;  after  being  exposed  to  the  light  a 
little  while,  it  changes  to  a  beautiful  green,  and  after  a  great  while, 
if  much  air  is  allowed  to  come  in  contact  with  it,  it  again 
changes  to  a  dark  brown  color.  The  annual  yield  of  this  otto 
in  Ceylon,  is  a  little  more  than  five  thousand  pounds.  It  is 
used  extensively  for  perfuming  soaps  and  oils.  It  is  ex- 
ported by  Mr.  "Winter,  in  old  English  porter  bottles,  as  is  also 
the  Otto  of  Lemongrass.  This  last  named  otto  is  derived  from  a 
species  of  grass,  that  Susie  called  Andropogon  Nardus,  and  is 
cultivated  here  to  a  great  extent.  The  otto  is  a  very  powerful 
perfume,  well  adapted  for  scenting  soaps  and  grease,  but  its 
principal  consumption  is  in  the  manufacture  of  essence  of  ver- 
bena, and  for  this  reason,  and  also  on  account  of  its  similarity 
of  odor  to  the  verbena  plant,  it  is  commonly  called  otto  of  ver- 
bena. From  its  comparative!}7  low  price,  great  strength,  and 
fine  perfume,  when  diluted,  it  has  almost  completely  driven 
the  true  Otto  of  Verbena  from  the  market.  The  annual  yield  of 
otto  of  lemongrass  in  Ceylon,  is  nearly  two  thousand  pounds. 
The  fresh  leaves  of  the  plant  when  bruised,  emit  a  delightful  odor, 


AN    UNSUCCESSFUL    SEARCH.  153 

and  when  roasted,  are  used  for  medicinal  purposes.  The  double 
distilled  otto  of  lemongrass  has  been  used  as  an  embrocation  in 
cases  of  rheumatism,  and  found  a  most  efficacious  remedy,  and 
also  administered  in  cases  of  cholera  with  beneficial  effect.  The 
dose  is  from  twelve  to  twenty  drops,  on  a  small  lump  of  sugar, 
repeated  till  the  symptoms  abate,  at  the  same  time  applying  it 
external^  to  the  hips,  back,  and  stomach,  to  prevent  cold  and 
cramp  so  invariably  accompanying  the  disorder.  The  otto  wher 
distilled,  contains  a  large  quantity  of  resin  and  is  highly  colored, 
and  to  remove  these  impurities,  charcoal  grits,  which  have  been 
previously  well  washed  and  thoroughly  dried,  are  saturated  with 
the  otto,  thrown  into  the  still  with  a  requisite  amount  of  water, 
made  slightly  sharp  to  the  taste,  and  redistilled. 

In  his  warehouse,  Mr.  "Winter  had  many  hundred  pounds  of 
Cinnamon  bark,  which  he  told  us  was  yielded  by  the  Cinnamomum 
zcylanicum,  and  is  largely  cultivated.  The  trees  have  beautiful 
white  blossoms,  and  red  tipped  leaves.  The  bark  is  stripped  off 
the  branches,  when  it  rolls  into  quills,  the  smaller  of  which  are 
introduced  into  the  larger,  and  then  dried  in  the  sun.  As  a  gen- 
eral rule  the  thinner  the  bark,  the  finer  its  quality,  and  from  this 
bark  is  distilled  the  Otto  of  Cinnamon.  It  is  exceeding  strong, 
and  requires  to  be  used  sparingly  ;  it  is  the  warmest  to  the  taste 
of  all  ottos.  The  ground  bark  enters  into  the  composition  of  pas- 
tiles,  tooth  powder,  and  sachet  powder. 

"  Its  name,"  said  Jean,  "  is  derived  from  China  Amomum." 
Otto  of  Cassia  is  often  called  otto  of  cinnamon,  and  is  fre- 
quently sold  for  it,  owing  to  its  similar  odor.  This  otto  is  pro- 
cured, however,  from  the  outer  bark  of  the  Laurus  Cassia,  and 
has  a  strong,  coarse,  and  less  delicate  odor,  and  is  much  cheaper. 
One  hundred  weight  of  bark  yields  rather  more  than  three-quar- 


154  A   ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

ters  of  a  pound  of  otto ;  it  has  a  pale  yellow  color,  which  is 
changed  by  age  to  a  brownish  red,  in  smell  much  resembling  cin- 
namon. Otto  of  Cinnamon  and  Cassia  are  more  aromatic  or 
spicy  than  flowery  in  their  odor ;  they  therefore  find  no  place  for 
handkerchief  use,  but  in  compounds  where  the  clove  answers,  so 
will  they.  The  same  tree,  or  a  closely  allied  tree  to  the  Laurus 
Cassia,  furnishes  Cassia  buds,  used  as  a  perfume  for  the  breath, 
which  are  something  like  cloves,  and  like  them  are  the  unex- 
panded  flower  buds. 

Procuring  samples  of  these  articles,  we  set  out  upon  our  return, 
and  on  our  route  we  saw  troops  of  monkeys  of  most  comical  ap- 
pearance ;  and  hanging  heads  downwards  from  a  group  of  India 
rubber  trees,  were  a  number  of  flying  foxes,  which  were  chat- 
tering and  screaming,  trying  to  outdo  the  monkeys.  Asking  our 
guide  about  some  slender  palm  trees  that  attracted  our  attention, 
he  informed  us  they  were  the  Areca  Palm. 

"  From  which  is  procured  the  areca-nut?"  said  Jean  interroga- 
tively. 

"The  same,"  he  replied.  "The  nut  resembles  a  nutmeg  in 
shape,  color,  and  internal  structure,  but  is  harder  and  larger." 

"  I  understand,"  Jean  remarked,  "  that  it  has  astringent,  sial- 
agogue,  stomachic,  and  narcotic  properties.  That  nut  and  husk  are 
employed  in  some  form  or  other  by  all  classes  of  the  natives  as  a 
masticatory.  So  used,  it  sweetens  the  breath,  preserves  the 
teeth,  and  gives  the  gums  and  lips  an  attractive  red  color.  It 
carries  these  properties  in  a  great  degree  into  its  charcoal,  which 
also  possesses  higher  detersive  and  antiseptic  qualities,  than  any 
other  vegetable  charcoal.  Besides  this,  its  peculiar  hardness 
without  grittiness,  peculiarly  fits  it  for  acting  mechanically  on  the 
teeth.  It  is  extensively  used,  and  highly  esteemed  throughout 


AN    UNSUCCESSFUL    SEARCH.  155 

the  East  as  a  dentifrice.  I  believe  it  is  recommended  by  the 
most  eminent  surgeon  dentists  for  whitening  and  preserving 
the  teeth,  removing  tartar,  and  sweetening  the  breath,  and  whilst 
doing  this,  it  medicates  the  mouth,  and  gradually  removes  sore- 
ness, scurvy  and  bleeding  of  the  gums.  By  its  regular  use,  loose 
teeth  are  said  to  become  firm  again,  and  the  whole  set  preserved 
to  a  late  period  of  life." 

"  I  remember,"  observed  Susie,  "  that  a  Dr.  Lind,  an  eminent 
physician  of  Bengal,  stated  that  by  its  means  he  preserved  all  his 
teeth  perfectly  sound  to  the  age  of  eighty." 

"  I  have  heard  old  residents  of  the  East  Indies  assert,"  said 
our  guide,  "  that  they  found  it  a  great  preservative  of  their  teeth, 
and  an  infallible  preventative  of  toothache." 

"  Prof.  Hertz,  the  celebrated  Prussian  dentist,"  said  Jean, 
"  saj's  that  those  who  regularly  use  areca-nut  charcoal  as  a  den- 
tifrice, will  never  require  the  assistance  of  himself  or  any  of  his 
fraternity." 

"  I  think  that  areca  nut  is  too  antiseptic  for  general  use,  as 
well  as  any  other  drug  or  powerful  preparation  for  the  teeth,"  I 
remarked,  "  for  the  teeth  and  gums  are  very  delicate  in  their 
organization ;  if  injured,  it  is  extremel}7  difficult  to  restore  them 
to  a  healthy  condition.  There  are  no  members  of  the  human 
body  so  sensitive,  or  that  add  more  to  personal  beauty,  than  a  set 
of  fine,  natural  teeth,  and  so  should  be  well  cared  for  and  pre- 
served." 

"There  is  the  Convolvulus  scoparius"  suddenly  exclaimed 
Susie. 

"Be  gorra,  an'  phats  that?  Is  it  thim  thavin'  nagur  savidges 
agin'  ?  "  asked  Patsey,  and  he  pulled  up  his  horse  with  a  jerk. 

"  No,  Patsey,  only  a  Rosen-rood  tree,"  answered  Jean. 


156  A    ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

"  Och,  botheration  on  yer  Italeann,"  said  Patsey,  spurring  his 
horse  in  disgust. 

Jean  explained  that  "  when  rosewood  is  distilled,  a  sweet 
smelling  otto  is  procured,  resembling  in  some  slight  degree  Ike 
fragrance  of  the  rose,  hence  its  name,  but  it  is  also  called  Rho- 
dium. Prior  to  the  cultivation  of  the  rose-leaf  geranium,  the 
distillates  from  rosewood,  and  from  the  root  of  Genista  canaricnsis 
or  Canary  rosewood,  were  principally  drawn  for  the  adulteration 
of  real  otto  of  roses.  One  hundred  weight  of  wood  yields  about 
three  ounces  of  otto.  Ground  rosewood  is  valuable  as  a  basis  of 
sachet  powders." 

Huge  dark  masses  ahead  of  us  attracted  our  attention  ;  coming 
nearer  we  perceived  they  were  three  very  large  elephants.  We 
noticed  with  interest  their  movements,  and  watched  them  till  out 
of  sight,  admiring  their  huge  proportions. 

Reaching  the  ship,  Brad  said  he  could  not  obtain  a  sufficient 
supply  of  coal,  and  so  must  sail  immediately  for  Calcutta.  Com- 
ing into  the  saloon  after  we  had  started,  he  said, — 

"A  native,  with  a  friend  of  his  from  Calicut,  the  capital  of  the 
province  of  Malabar,  was  on  board  while  you  were  away,  and 
oifcred  a  kitten  for  sale,  and  I  bought  it." 

"Oh!  where  is  it?"  asked  Susie;  "let  me  see  the  little 
•l.'irling." 

"  In  the  laboratory,"  said  Brad.    "  Come,  and  3-011  can  see  it." 

We  followed  him  in,  but  no  kitten  was  in  sight. 

;'  Look  in  this  box,"  said  Capt.  Cole. 

We  looked,  but  we  did  not  see  a  kitten,  or  rather  not  what  we 
generally  term  a  kitten,  but  a  large  cat,  about  one  foot  high  and 
three  feet  long ;  it  had  a  pointed  nose,  and  small  ears,  was  of  a 
brownish  gray  color,  and  its  fur  standing  erect  on  the  neck,  and 


WE    LOOKED,    BUT   WE   DID   NOT    SEE    A   KITTEN. 


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AN    UNSUCCESSFUL    SEARCH.  157 

ridge  of  the  back  ;  it  had  a  long  bushy  tail,  something  like  a  grey 
squirrel. 

"  The  Vwerra  Civetta,"  said  Jean,  "  or  Civet  Cat." 

"  Yes,"  said  Capt.  Cole.  "  I  thought  one  would  be  interest- 
ing to  you,  so  I  took  it.  It  is  easily  cared  for,  its  favorite  food 
being  boiled  meat,  eggs,  birds,  and  small  animals,  and  it  is  par- 
ticularly fond  of  fish,  which  you  can  catch  for  it." 

This  animal  secretes  the  substance  known  as  Civet,  which  is 
formed  in  a  large,  double  glandular  receptacle  between  the  anus 
and  pudendum  of  the  creature.  Like  many  other  substances  of 
Oriental  origin,  it  was  first  brought  to  Europe  by  the  Dutch,  who 
used  to  keep  numbers  of  civets  alive  at  Amsterdam,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  collecting  the  perfume  when  secreted.  When  a  sufficient 
time  had  been  allowed  for  the  process,  the  animal  was  put  into  a 
long,  wooden  cage,  so  narrow  that  it  could  not  turn  itself  around. 
The  cage  being  then  opened  by  a  door  in  the  rear,  a  small  spatula, 
or  spoon  introduced  through  the  orifice  in  the  pouch,  which  was 
carefully  scraped,  and  its  contents  put  into  a  vessel.  This  opera- 
tion was  performed  twice  or  thrice  a  week,  about  a  drachm  at  a 
time  is  thus  obtained,  and  the  animal  was  said  to  produce  more 
civet  when  irritated.  The  quantity,  however,  depended  chiefly 
on  the  quality  of  the  nourishment  it  took.  Civet,  in  its  natural 
state,  has  a  most  disgusting  appearance,  and  its  smell,  such  is  its 
strength,  is  equally  repulsive.  But  when  properly  diluted  and 
combined  with  sweet  smelling  odors,  it  produces  a  very  pleasing 
effect,  and  possesses  a  much  more  floral  fragrance  than  musk ; 
indeed  it  would  be  impossible  to  produce  the  perfume  of  some 
flowers  without  it. 

"It  is  difficult  to  ascertain,"  Jean  musingly  remarked,  "the 
reason  why  the  same  substance,  modified  only  by  the  quantity  of 


158  A   ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

matter  presented  to  the  nose,  should  produce  such  an  opposite 
effect  on  the  olfactory  nerve  ;  but  such  is  the  case  with  nearly  all 
odorous  bodies,  especially  ottos,  which  if  smelled  at  in  bulk,  are 
far  from  nice,  and  in  some  cases  nauseous,  —  such  as  otto  of 
thyme,  patchoury,  and  vetiver ;  but  if  diluted  with  a  thousand 
times  their  volume  of  oil  or  spirit,  then  their  fragrance  is  delight- 
ful." 

"  So  the  whirlwind  and  the  hurricane  become  the  gentle  zeplnT 
that  makes  the  aspens  quiver ;  so  the  fire-proof  block  of  iron 
becomes,  when  divided,  more  combustible  than  gunpowder ;  so 
the  silken  fibre  becomes  a  rope  to  stay  the  course  of  a  ship ;  so 
the  lightning  flash  becomes  the  electricity  which  makes  ones  hair 
stand  on  end.  Quantity  is  equivalent  to  an  allotropic  condition 
of  matter;  quantity  produces  opposite  physical  effects  upon  the 
faculties." 

After  our  examination  of  the  civet  cat,  we  returned  to  the  sa- 
loon and  awaited  supper. 


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CHAPTER    XIX. 

INDIAN    PARADISES. 

WE  bad  entered  the  roadstead  of  Calcutta  and  had  dropped 
anchor.  Brad  had  gone  ashore  to  see  what  prospect  there 
was  of  obtaining  a  supply  of  coal.  He  came  back  about  noon, 
saying  a  famine  had  commenced,  owing  to  the  supply  of  rice 
failing,  and  a  general  drought.  Workmen  could  not  be  obtained, 
and  coal  had  been  brought  in  only  in  small  quantities,  and  was 
very  expensive.  Probably  his  contracts  would  not  be  filled  for 
some  days.  "  Meanwhile,"  he  said,  "  if  you  wish  to  go  ashore, 
I  am  at  your  service." 

"  Supposing,  after  the  heat  of  the  day  is  over,  we  take  a  short 
stroll  about  the  city,"  I  suggested. 

Jean  had  been  relating  to  us,  how  in  this  country  perfumes  had 
been  used  since  the  earliest  records  ;  a  fact  easily  accounted  for 
by  the  sensual  temperament  of  its  inhabitants,  and  the  abundance 
of  fragrant  materials  placed  at  their  disposal  by  bountiful  Nature. 
Perfumes  were  mentioned  in  the  poetry  of  India  more  than  two 
thousand  j'cars  ago.  From  it,  we  learn  they  were  then  applied 
both  for  sacred  and  private  purposes.  The  sacrifices  were 
usually  offered  in  the  temples  of  the  Indian  Trinity,  or  Tremoor- 
tee,  comprising  Brahma,  Vishnu,  and  Siva.  The}*  consisted  of  u 


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160  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME     LANDS. 

fire  of  fragrant  woods  lighted  at  each  of  the  four  cardinal  points. 
The  flames  were  fed  now  and  then  with  a  consecrated  ointment, 
and  around  the  fire  was  scattered  a  fragrant  herb  called  kusa. 
Jean  said  it  was  what  is  now  known  as  ginger  grass,  and  Susie 
called  it  Andropogon  nardus,  from  which  an  otto  is  distilled. 
According  to  Hindoo  mythology  there  are  five  heavens,  a  different 
and  superior  god  presiding  over  each.  That  of  Brahma,  called 
Brahma-loka,  is  situated  on  Mount  Meru  ;  those  of  Vishnu,  Siva, 
Kuvera  and  Indra  are  on  the  summit  of  the  Himalayas.  In  all  these 
elysiums,  perfumes  and  flowers  are  among  the  chief  delights. 
The  principal  ornament  of  Brahma's  heaven  is  a  blue  flower, 
which  the  Brahmins  say  blooms  nowhere  but  in  Paradise.  It  is 
the  blue  campac  or  champac  flower,  a  great  rarity.  The  only 
species  known  on  this  earth,  Mickelia  champaca,  has  yellow  blos- 
soms, with  which  the  Hindoo  maidens  are  wont  to  ornament  their 
raven  hair. 

In  Indra's  paradise,  called  Swarga,  is  to  be  found  the  still  more 
attractive  Camalata,  whose  rosy  flowers  not  only  enchant  the 
senses  of  all  those  who  have  the  happiness  of  breathing  their  deli- 
cious fragrance,  but  have  also  the  power  of  granting  them  all  they 
may  desire.  This  Indra,  the  Jupiter  Tonans  of  the  Hindoos,  ap- 
pears very  partial  to  perfumes,  for  he  is  always  represented  with 
his  breast  tinged  with  sandalwood.  Kama,  the  god  of  love, 
or  Indian  Cupid,  is  armed  with  a  bow  made  of  sugar  cane,  the 
string  of  which  consists  of.  bees  ;  he  has  five  arrows,  each  tipped 
with  the  blossom  of  a  flower,  which  pierce  the  heart  through  the 
five  senses,  and  his  favorite  dart  is  pointed  with  the  chuta  or 
mango  flower. 

Entering  the  boat  we  were  pulled  ashore,  and  landing,  we  found 
our  way  to  the  principal  thoroughfares,  and  examined  the  strange 


INDIAN    PARADISES.  161 

crowd  of  people  surging  around  us.  We  noticed  the  Hindoo 
barber,  like  his  Chinese  brother,  plying  his  trade  in  the  open  air, 
and  handling  with  great  dexterity  his  razor,  a  curious  affair, 
mounted  on  hinges,  and  which  is  also  a  formidable  looking  instru- 
ment. Some  of  these  razors  are  elaborate!}7  constructed,  one 
which  we  saw  being  made  of  gilt  metal,  engraved,  and  studded 
with  jewels. 

Perceiving  an  odoriferous  fragrance  in  the  air,  we  looked  around 
and  saw,  a  short  distance  ahead,  what  Brad  told  us  was  a  perfum- 
er's establishment.  Coming  up  to  this  Hindoo  Perfumer,  or 
gund'hee,  we  found  he  did  not  indulge,  like  his  foreign  confreres, 
in  showy  glass  cases  and  a  brilliant  shop,  but  his  whole  establish- 
ment consisted  of  a  few  sacks,  boxes,  and  trays,  containing  his 
various  fragrant  stores,  in  the  midst  of  which  he  sat  dispensing 
them  to  his  beauty-seeking  patrons.  We  examined  his  stock,  and 
through  an  interpreter  learned  that  he  had  Musk,  Vetiver  Root, 
or  kus  kus,  the  rhizome  of  an  Indian  grass,  Anatherum  muricatum, 
which  grows  in  abundance  here,  and  is  used  extensively  in  the 
manufacture  of  awnings,  blinds,  and  sunshades,  called  Tatty. 
During  the  hot  season  an  attendant  sprinkles  water  over  them ; 
this  operation  cools  the  apartment  by  the  evaporation  of  the 
water,  and  at  the  same  time  perfumes  the  atmosphere  in  a  very 
agreeable  manner  with  the  odoriferous  principle  of  the  vetiver. 
Bundles  of  this  vetiver  he  sold  for  perfuming  linen  and  prevent- 
ing moth.  The  Essence  of  Vetiver,  made  from  the  Otto  of  Veti- 
ver, which  is  distilled  from  the  root,  is  seldom  used  alone  as  a 
handkerchief  perfume  except  by  those  who,  perhaps,  have  learned 
to  admire  its  odor  by  their  previous  residence  in  this  "  Eastern 
Clime."  A  hundred  weight  of  vetiver  root  yields  about  fourteen 
ounces  of  otto,  which  in  appearance  greatly  resembles  otto  of 
11 


162  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

sandal.  He  showed  us  Patchouly  leaves  and  Otto  of  Patchouly, 
which  is  distilled  from  the  leaves  and  stems  of  the  Pogostemon 
patchouli. 

"  One  hundred  weight  of  good  herb  will  }neld,"  he  said,  "  about 
twenty  eight  ounces  of  otto  of  puchaput,"  as  he  called  it. 

It  is  of  a  dark  brown  color,  and  of  a  density  about  the  same 
as  otto  of  sandal,  which  it  resembles  in  physical  character.  Its 
odor  is  one  of  the  most  powerful  derived  from  the  botanical  king- 
dom. It  is  as  agreeable  to  some,  as  it  is  offensive  to  others,  a 
most  peculiar  odor  ;  some  say  it  smells  musty. 

"Why,"  said  Susie,  when  examining  the  otto,  "my  India 
shawl  when  I  first  bought  it  had  the  same  odor  as  this." 

"True,"  said  Jean,  "and  that  is  the  way  the  perfume  of 
patchouly  became  introduced.  Years  ago  real  India  shawls 
brought  an  extravagant  price,  and  purchasers  could  alwaj^s  dis- 
tinguish them  ~by  their  odor,  the}T  being  always  perfumed  with  pat- 
chouly. The  French  manufacturers  had  for  some  time  successfully 
imitated  the  India  fabric,  but  could  not  impart  the  odor.  At  length 
they  discovered  the  secret,  and  began  to  import  the  plant  to  per- 
fume articles  of  their  own  manufacture,  and  thus  palm  off  home- 
spun shawls  as  real  India." 

"  Well,  I  hope  mine  is  genuine,"  said  Susie. 

We  purchased  some  Vetiver  root,  Otto  of  Vetiver,  Otto  of  Pat- 
chouly and  Patchouly  leaves,  then  passing  again  among  the 
throng,  we  wandered  on  until  espying  another  dealer  in  perfumes, 
we  stopped  to  examine  his  stock.  We  noticed  some  Cardamom 
seeds,  much  used  as  a  perfume  for  the  breath,  and  some  Gum 
Olibanurn,  which  is  used  to  a  limited  extent  in  the  manufacture 
of  pastils  and  incense. 

"  Gum  Oiibanum  is  chiefly  interesting  as  being  one  of  those 


INDIAN    PARADISES.  163 

odoriferous  bodies  of  which  frequent  mention  is  made  in  the 
Bible,"  Jean  remarked.  "  It  is  believed  to  have  been  one  of  the 
ingredients  in  the  sweet  incense  of  the  Jews,  and  is  still  burnt  as 
incense  in  the  Greek  and  Romish  churches,  where  the  diffusion 
of  such  odors  around  the  altar  forms  a  part  of  the  prescribed  re- 
ligious service." 

This  last  perfumer,  who  seemed  to  be  of  some  relation  to  our  in- 
terpreter, informed  him  that  a  party  were  going  to  the  north  to  a 
depot,  where  was  to  be  held  the  annual  auction  of  sandalwood. 
It  seemed  it  is  the  custom,  at  the  end  of  the  year,  to  fell  the  trees 
that  have  reached  maturity.  They  are  then  stripped  of  their  bark 
and  conveyed  to  the  various  depots,  where  they  are  cut  into  bil- 
lets, which  are  carefully  dressed  and  sorted  according  to  the 
quality  of  the  wood.  These  billets  are  sold  by  weight  at  auction, 
native  merchants  congregating  from  all  parts  of  India  to  make 
purchases.  The  pieces  that  are  straight  and  have  most  heart- 
wood  obtain  the  highest  price,  as  the  fragrance  for  which  they 
are  so  much  prized  depends  on  the  presence  of  otto,  which  is 
chiefly  situated  in  the  dark  central  wood  of  the  tree.  The  per- 
fumer offering  to  buy  for  us  a  quantity  of  fresh  otto  at  the  auction, 
we  respectfully  declined,  as  we  did  not  want  it.  Jean  asked  our 
interpreter  if  we  could  not  induce  the  perfumer  to  allow  Patsey, 
himself,  and  I,  to  accompany  him  to  the  auction.  The  perfumer 
said  he  had  no  objections  to  our  company,  for  a  consideration,  to 
which  we  bowed. 

"  And  perhaps,"  said  the  perfumer,  "we  may  get  a  chance  to 
participate  in  a  hunt  for  the  musk  deer,  for  it  is  just  the  season 
now  for  them  to  come  down  low  on  the  mountains." 

This  just  suited  us.  We  knew  that  in  most  of  the  hilly  states, 
the  musk  deer  is  considered  royal  property.  In  some,  the  Ra- 


164  A    ROMANCE    OF    PEKFUME    LANDS. 

jahs  keep  men  purposely  to  hunt  it,  and  in  Gurwhal  a  fine  ia 
imposed  upon  any  Puharrie  who  is  known  to  have  sold  a  musk- 
pod  to  a  stranger,  —  the  Rajah  receiving  them  in  lieu  of  rent, 
and  it  might  be  dangerous  for  us  to  go  ;  but  for  another  "  consid- 
eration," it  was  understood  that  all  necessary  arrangements 
should  be  made,  so  that  if  an  opportunity  offered  to  bring  down  a 
deer  we  should  be  prepared ;  and  he  said  that  if  we  would  be 
ready  and  at  the  depot  on  time  the  next  day,  we  could  accom- 
pany the  party. 

We  were  elated  at  this,  and  hurrying  back  to  the  ship  awaited 
with  impatience  the  close  of  day.  My  wife  and  Susie  did  not 
like  it  because  they  could  not  go  with  us,  but  as  it  would  be  a 
rapid  and  rough  journey,  and  no  arrangements  had  been  made  for 
them  to  accompany  us,  they  at  last  agreed  it  would  hardly  be 
enjoyable  for  them. 

We  were  on  time  at  the  depot,  as  we  were  to  take  the  cars  to 
Raneegunge,  that  being  the  terminus  of  the  route,  and  from  there 
go  on  horseback  the  rest  of  the  journey.  We  met  our  inter- 
preter, the  perfumer,  and  four  others.  We  all  entered  the  cars 
and  were  soon  rushing  on  toward  our  destination,  feeling  as 
though  we  were  again  in  New  York,  this  being  the  first  railroad 
ride  we  had  been  able  to  take  since  leaving  that  city.  Reaching 
the  railroad  terminus  we  engaged  horses,  and  waiting  till  the 
noon  heat  had  subsided,  we  mounted  and  rode  towards  the  moun- 
tains. This  little  persecuted  animal  which  we  wished  to  have  a 
shot  at,  the  Musk  deer,  (Moschus  moschatus),  would  probably 
have  been  left  unmolested  to  pass  a  life  of  peace  and  quietness  in 
its  native  forest,  but  for  the  celebrated  perfume  with  which  Nature 
has  provided  it.  Its  skin  being  worthless  from  its  small  size,  the 
flesh  alone  would  hold  out  no  inducement  for  the  villagers  to 


INDIAN   PARADISES.  165 

hunt  it  while  largsr  game  was  more  easily  procurable,  and  its 
comparative  insignificance  would  also  have  protected  it  from  the 
pursuit  of  the  travelling  sportsman.  As  the  musk,  however,  ren- 
ders it  to  the  Puharries,  the  most  valuable  of  all  game,  no  animal 
is  so  universally  sought  after  in  places  it  is  known  to  inhabit. 

If  not  walking  leisurely  along,  they  always  go  in  bounds,  all 
fours  leaving  and  alighting  on  the  ground  together.  Our  guide 
told  us  they  eat  but  little,  compared  with  other  ruminating  ani- 
mals ;  he  judged  from  the  small  quantity  of  food  found  in  their 
stomachs,  the  contents  of  which  were  always  in  such  a  pulp}7 
state,  that  it  was  impossible  to  tell  what  food  they  preferred.  If 
shot  while  feeding,  various  kinds  of  shrubs  and  grasses,  and  often 
portions  of  the  long  white  moss  that  hangs  so  luxuriantly  from  the 
trees  in  these  higher  forests,  have  been  found  in  their  mouth  and 
throat.  The  Puharries  believe  that  the  adult  males  kill  and  eat 
snakes,  and  feed  upon  the  leaves  of  the  "kedar  patta,"  a  small 
and  very  fragrant  smelling  laurel,  and  that  the  musk  is  produced 
by  this  food.  It  is  in  the  adult  males  only  that  the  musk  is  found ; 
the  females  have  none,  neither  has  an}'  portion  of  their  bodies  the 
slightest  odor  of  musk.  The  excrement  of  the  males  has  a  strong 
odor  of  musk,  but  singularly  enough,  neither  in  the  contents  of  the 
stomach,  nor  bladder,  nor  in  any  other  part  of  the  body  is  there 
any  perceptible  scent  of  musk.  The  young  are  born  either  in 
June  or  July,  and  almost  every  female  brings  forth  one  yearly, 
and  often  twins,  and  if  two  are  born  at  one  time  they  always  de- 
posit the  fawns  in  separate  places  some  distance  from  each  other, 
the  dam  hei-self  keeping  as  much  as  possible  away  from  both, 
only  visiting  them  to  give  them  suck. 

"  Should  you  succeed  in  catching  a  young  one,"  said  the  Hin- 
doo Perfumer,  "  its  bleating  may  bring  the  old  one  to  the  spot, 


166  A    ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LAND9. 

but  I  never  knew  an  instance  of  one  being  seen  abroad  with  its 
dam,  or  of  two  young  ones  being  seen  together.  Their  solitary 
habits  are  innate,  for  if  a  fawn  is  taken  .young  and  nursed  by  a 
sheep  or  goat,  it  will  not  for  some  time  associate  with  its  foster- 
dam,  but  as  soon  as  its  hunger  is  satisfied,  seeks  some  spot  for 
concealment.  It  is  amusing  to  see  them  nursing,  as  all  the  while 
they  keep  leaping  up  and  crossing  their  fore-legs  rapidly  over 
each  other.  They  are  rather  difficult  to  rear,  as  many,  soon  after 
they  are  caught,  go  blind  and  die." 

*'  How  do  they  generally  hunt  them?"  I  asked. 

"In  some  districts,"  he  answered,  "  they  are  hunted  down 
with  dogs,  but  snaring  is  by  far  the  most  common  method  prac- 
tised for  their  capture.  A  few  are  occasionally  shot  by  the  vil- 
lage shikaries  when  in  pursuit  of  other  animals,  but  the  match- 
lock is  seldom  taken  out  purposely  to  hunt  them,  for  a  hill 
shikarie  does  not  carry  the  match  lighted,  so  almost  every  one 
would  get  away  before  he  could  strike  a  light  and  apply  the 
match.  If  they  had  such  rifles  as  you  carry,  the  task  would  be 
eas}'." 

"  "What  is  the  method  of  snaring  them?"  Jean  inquired. 

"  A  fence  is  built  about  three  feet  high,"  he  replied,  "  composed 
of  bushes  and  branches  of  trees,  in  the  forest,  generally  along 
some  ridge,  as  towards  evening  they  begin  to  move,  and  during 
the  night  appear  to  wander  a  great  deal  from  the  top  to  the  bot- 
tom of  the  hill,  or  from  one  side  to  another.  Their  nocturnal 
rambles  are  apparently  as  much  for  recreation  as  in  search  of 
food,  as  they  often  visit  regularly  some  steep  ledge  of  rocks  or 
precipice  where  there  is  little  or  no  vegetation.  The  Puharries 
believe  that  they  come  to  such  places  to  play  and  dance  with  each  . 
other.  The  fences  I  spoke  about  are  often  upwards  of  a  rnile  in 


INDIAN    PARADISES.  167 

length.  Openings  for  the  deer  to  pass  through,  are  left  ever}'  ten 
or  fifteen  yards,  and  in  each  a  strong  hempen  snare  is  placed,  tied 
to  the  smaller  end  of  a  long  stick,  the  thick  end  of  which  is  firmly 
fixed  in  the  ground,  and  the  upper  end  bent  forward  to  the  open- 
ing, so  that  the  deer  when  passing  through,  treading  upon  some 
small  sticks,  which  hold  it  down,  sets  the  snare  free,  the  stick 
springs  back  and  tightens  the  cord  around  the  animal's  leg.  Besides 
the  musk  deer,  numbers  of  forest  pheasants,  moonals/corklas,  and 
argus  are  caught  in  these  snares ;  they  are  visited  every  third  or 
fourth  day,  and  it  is  seldom  that  the  owners  return  without  some 
kind  of  game.  The  polecats  often  find  out  the  snares,  and  after 
once  tasting  the  feast,  if  not  destroyed,  soon  become  a  grievous 
annoyance,  tracing  the  fence  almost  daily  from  end  to  end,  and 
seizing  on  everything  caught ;  they  are  often  caught  themselves, 
but  immediately  bite  the  snare  in  two  and  escape.  The  musk 
deer  are  frequently  lost  to  the  hunters  in  this  manner,  for  when 
one  is  eaten  by  the  polecats,  the  pod  is  torn  to  pieces,  and  the 
contents  scattered  on  the  ground.  No  animal  swallows  the  musk, 
and  when  a  deer  has  been  killed  and  eaten  by  a  leopard  or  other 
animal,  if  the  ground  be  carefull}'  examined,  much  musk  may  be 
picked  up.  Insects  and  maggots  also  leave  it  untouched." 

"Excepting  in  one  instance,"  interrupted  Jean.  "The  case 
was  this ;  Mr.  G.  W.  Septimus  Piesse,  a  very  learned  and  cele- 
brated perfumer  of  Europe,  who  understands  his  business  thor- 
oughly, in  Ma}*,  1861,  purchased  six  caddies  of  musk  ;  they  were 
examined  and  appeared  to  be  all  right ;  in  the  following  August, 
on  opening  one  of  these  caddies  he  was  surprised  to  find  every 
pod  of  musk  perforated  with  maggot  holes,  and  on  opening  the 
pods  he  found  endless  numbers  of  white  maggots  all  alive  and  fat, 
enjoying  the  banquet." 


168  A    ROMANCE    OK    PERFUME     LANDS. 

"  Whurrah  !  an'  were  he  mad  at  'em? "  asked  Patsey. 

"  I  should  think  he  would  have  been  provoked,"  said  Jean.  It 
was  a  banquet  that  had  cost  him  about  fifteen  dollars  per  ounce, 
and  as  there  were  a  hundred  ounces  in  the  caddy,  it  involved  a 
total  loss  of  some  fifteen  hundred  dollars.  Do  you  think  you 
would  have  been  put  out  about  it?  " 

Patsey  gave  a  long  whistle,  and  mumbled  something  about  he'd 
put  them  out. 

"  The  creature  being  new  to  him,"  Jean  continued,  "  he  called 
it  the  Musk  Grub." 

"  That  is  something  unusual,"  said  the  Hindoo  perfumer ;  "  for 
I  once  found  what  I  thought  to  be  a  newly  killed  musk  deer,  but 
on  examination  I  discovered  it  was  merely  the  skin  and  skeleton 
of  one,  which,  from  its  dr}r  and  withered  state,  must  have  been 
dead  some  months  ;  the  flesh  had  been  completely  eaten  away  by 
maggots,  but  the  musk-pod  was  entire." 

We  camped  for  the  night,  and  again  mounting  early  in  the 
morning,  we  became  aware  by  the  roughness  of  the  way  that  we 
were  ascending  some  of  the  spurs  of  the  Vindhya  mountains. 
The  toil  of  getting  up  and  down  these  immense  eminences  is  very 
feTeat,  and  the  pursuit  of  the  musk  deer  is  attended  with  many 
dangers,  hardships,  and  privations.  The  time  expended  and  dis- 
tance traversed,  render  the  occupation  very  expensive  from  the 
necessity  of  being  accompanied  by  various  grades  of  servants, 
some  to  hunt  up  and  look  out  for  game,  others  to  cany  provisions 
and  camping  equipments;  consequently  genuine  musk  must 
always  maintain  a  high  price.  We,  however,  were  only  watch- 
ing for  a  chance  shot,  so  we  dispensed  with  all  but  one  servant. 
We  were  now  at  quite  a  height,  and  it  being  within  about  two 
hours  of  dark,  the  guide  informed  us  if  any  deer  were  about  it  was 


•4 
INDIAN   PARADISES.  169 

time  now  to  look  for  them.  The  others  of  the  party  were  armed 
with  bows  and  arrows.  Jean,  Patsey,  and  I,  each  carried  a  rifle ; 
we  had  practised  considerably  with  them  since  our  adventure 
with  the  bear,  so  that  now  we  were  good  marksmen. 

We  were  riding  slowly  along,  when  directly  in  front  of  us  stood 
an  animal  about  the  size  of  a  full  grown  English  greyhound,  al- 
most three  feet  long,  and  standing  nearly  two  feet  high  at  the 
shoulder.  It  was  looking  inquiringly  at  us.  It  had  a  small  horn- 
less head,  ears  long  and  erect,  and  two  tusks  about  three  inches 
long,  the  thickness  of  a  goose  quill,  sharp-pointed  and  curving 
slightly  backwards,  depending  from  the  upper  jaw.  Its  legs  were 
long  and  slender,  the  toes  pointed,  the  hind  heels  long,  and  rest- 
ing on  the  ground  as  well  as  the  toes ;  its  color  of  a  red-brown 
with  two  white  stripes  down  the  neck  and  breast. 

"  The  musk  deer,"  exclaimed  our  guide,  excitedly. 

At  the  sound  of  his  voice  the  deer  started  down  the  gentle 
slope,  making  most  astonishing  bounds,  clearing  a  space  of  more 
than  sixty  feet  at  each  bound,  and  springing  over  bushes  of  con- 
siderable height. 

"They  are  very  sure  footed,"  said  our  guide,  "and  although 
a  forest  animal,  have,  perhaps,  no  equal  in  travelling  over  rocky 
and  precipitous  ground.  Where  even  the  burrell  is  obliged  to 
move  slowly  and  carefully,  these  deer  bound  quickly  and  fear- 
lessly, and  although  often  driven  on  rocks,  which  are  thought 
impassable,  they  invariably  find  a  way  in  some  direction,  and 
never  miss  a  footing,  or  fall  unless  wounded." 

This  one,  after  making  two  or  three  bounds,  passed  around 
some  bushes,  anl  again  came  out  in  our  pathway  and  faced  us. 
Patsey,  who  was  standing  on  the  back  of  his  horse,  the  better  to 
see  the  deer,  the  horse  keeping  quiet  for  a  wonder,  when  the 


RISING   IN    EVER     DECREASING    SPIRALS    ABOVE    THE    HEAD 
OF   THE   HORSE. 

Page  170. 


170  A  BOMANCK  OK  PERFUME  LANDS. 

deer  showed  himself  again,  discharged  his  rifle.  The  sound  of 
the  first  shot  of  the  hunt !  We  see  the  smoke  wreathe  up  !  Above 
the  smoke  we  see,  rising  in  ever  decreasing  spirals  above  the 
head  of  the  horse,  a  3~oung  man  about  the  size  of  Patsey,  and  a 
rifle  going  in  an  oblique  manner  towards  the  neighboring  trees. 
The  shot  from  the  back  of  the  horse  was  too  much  for  the  ani- 
mal's good  nature,  so  he  gave  Patsey  some  help  up  in  the  world. 
Patsey  came  down  astride  the  neck  of  his  horse,  hugging  him 
affectionately  as  if  he  had  just  returned  from  a  long  journey,  and 
was  glad  to  see  him.  The  horse  tried  to  shake  Patsey  off,  not 
being  used  to  such  displa}"s  of  affection,  but  Patsey  got  control 
of  him,  and  fastening  him  to  a  tree,  went  in  search  of  his  rifle, 
which  took  him  a  long  while  to  find,  for  it  had  lodged  up  in  one 
of  the  highest  branches  of  a  tree. 

"  Do  not  try  any  more  Tartar  riding  on  a  green  horse,"  I  cau- 
tioned him. 

"  Shure,  an'  he's  a  foine  hoss,"  he  replied,  "  but  he's  niver  been 
in  th'  sarvace  ;  he's  afraid  of  a  moite  of  goonpowdther." 

Cautioning  him  to  be  more  careful  another  time,  we  started 
again. 


CHAPTER    XX. 

A    MUSK    DEER    HUNT. 

M  rPHESE  deer  seem  to  like  the  cold,"  observed  the  Hindoo 
•*-  Perfumer,  "  and  the  nearer  we  get  to  the  snow  line,  the 
more  likely  we  are  to  find  them.  They  seldom,  if  ever,  lie  in  the 
sun,  even  in  the  coldest  weather ;  their  forms  are  alwa37s  made 
where  there  is  something  to  shelter  them  from  its  rays.  In  many 
respects  they  are  not  unlike  hares  in  habits  and  economy.  Each 
individual  selects  some  particular  spot  for  its  favorite  retreat, 
about  which  it  remains  quietly  throughout  the  day.  They  oc- 
casionally rest  during  the  day  in  any  place  where  they  may  hap- 
pen to  be  in  in  the  morning,  but  in  general  they  return  to  near 
the  same  spot  almost  every  evening,  making  forms  in  different 
quarters  of  their  retreat,  a  short  distance  from  each  other,  visit- 
ing them  in  turn.  Sometimes  they  will  lie  under  the  same  tree 
or  bush  for  weeks  together.  They  make  forms  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  hares,  where  the  ground  is  sloping  levelling  with  their 
feet  a  spot  large  enough  for  their  purpose." 

"We  were  now  entering  a  birch  forest  where  the  underwood  con- 
sisted chiefty  of  white  rhododendron  and  juniper.  This  being  the 
kind  of  forest  in  which  are  their  favorite  resorts,  we  were  not 
surprised  when  one  arose  directly  iv  front  of  Jean;  it  looked 

171 


172  A    ROMANCE    OK     PERFUME    LANDS. 

curiously  at  him,  and  before  it  could  prepare  to  bound  off,  Jean 
brought  it  down  with  a  shot  from  his  rifle.  We  rushed  to  the 
spot,  and  found  it  had  been  sport  for  us,  but  death  for  the  deer. 

We  carefully  examined  the  animal  and  found  that  the  general 
color  was  a  dark,  speckled,  brownish  gra}r,  deepening  nearly  to 
black  on  the  hindquarters,  and  edged  down  the  inside  of  the  thighs 
with  reddish  yellow.  The  throat,  belly,  and  legs  were  of  a 
lighter  gray.  The  fur  seemed  to  be  composed  of  thick,  spiral 
hairs,  not  unlike  miniature  porcupine  quills,  and  were  very  brit- 
tle, breaking  with  a  slight  pull,  and  so  thickly  set  that  numbers 
could  be  pulled  out  without  altering  the  outward  appearance  of 
the  fur ;  it  was  white  from  the  roots  to  nearl}*  the  tips,  where  it 
gradually  became  dark.  The  fur  is  much  longer  and  thicker  on 
the  hind  parts  than  on  the  fore,  and  gives  the  animal  the  appear- 
ance of  being  much  larger  in  the  hindquarters  than  in  the  shoul- 
ders, a  fact  we  had  remarked  about  the  one  Patsey  fired  at. 

We  looked  for  the  pod,  which  we  found  near  the  navel,  between 
the  flesh  and  the  skin.  The  pod  is  composed  of  several  layers  of 
thin  skin,  within  the  innermost  of  which  the  musk  is  confined, 
and  has  much  the  appearance  of  the  craw  or  stomach  of  a  part- 
ridge, or  other  small  gallinaceous  bird  when  full  of  food.  We 
found  an  orifice  outwards  through  the  skin,  into  which  with  a 
slight  pressure  we  could  pass  a  stick  about  the  size  of  the  little  fin- 
ger, but  found  it  had  no  connection  with  the  bod}'. 

"  I  have  heard  said,"  remarked  Jean,  "  that  it  is  probable  that 
musk  is  at  times  discharged  through  this  orifice,  as  the  pod  is 
often  found  not  half  full,  and  sometimes  nearly  void.  From  this 
orifice  the  dishonest  dealers  extract  the  grain  musk,  and  then  in- 
sert in  its  place  the  pieces  of  lead,  brass,  copper,  skin,  dried 
blood,  clay,  tobacco,  and  other  adulterations  sometimes  found  in 


A    MUSK   DEER   HUNT.  173 

pods  when  oponed  b}*  perfumers  ;  from  the  size  of  these  orifices  it 
run  be  pretty  fairly  judged  how  the  pods  have  been  tampered 
with." 

We  heard  the  voices  of  the  Bengalese  approaching ;  after  a 
short  chase  they  had  shot  a  smaller  deer  with  their  arrows,  and 
two  of  them  were  bringing  the  deer  between  them  to  where  we 
were.  They  threw  it  down  when  they  reached  us,  and  began  to 
cut  around  the  pod,  and  to  skin  the  whole  stomach.  Meanwhile 
one  of  them  built  a  fire,  and  put  in  it  some  flat  stones  to  heat ; 
when  they  were  ready,  the  skin  was  laid  with  the  fleshy  side  on 
the  hot  stones,  and  thus  dried  without  singeing  the  hair.  The 
skin  shrank  up  from  the  heat  into  a  small  compass,  and  was  then 
stitched  round  the  pod,  and  hung  up  to  dry  until  quite  hard.  This 
is  the  general  method  of  preparing  them,  but  some  put  the  pod 
into  hot  oil,  instead  of  laying  it  on  hot  stones  ;  but  either  method 
must  deteriorate  the  quality  of  the  musk,  as  it  gets  completely 
baked  or  fried.  It  is  best  if  the  pod  is  at  once  cut  from  the  skin 
and  allowed  to  dry  of  itself.  The  musk  is  in  grains,  from  the  size 
of  a  small  bullet  to  small  shot,  of  irregular  shape,  but  generally 
round  or  oblong,  together  with  more  or  less  in  coarse  powder. 
When  fresh,  it  is  of  a  reddish  brown  color,  but  when  taken  out  of 
the  pod  and  kept  for  any  length  of  time,  becomes  nearly  black. 
In  autumn  and  winter  the  grains  are  hard,  firm,  and  nearly  dry, 
but  in  summer  they  become  damp  and  soft,  probably  from  the 
green  food  then  eaten  by  the  animal.  The  musk  is  formed  with 
the  animal,  as  the  pod  of  a  }Toung  deer  taken  out  of  the  womb  is 
plainly  distinguishable,  and  indeed  is  much  larger  in  proportion 
than  in  an  adult  animal,  and  for  two  years  the  contents  of  the 
pod  is  a  soft,  milky  substance,  with  a  disagreeable  smell. 

When  it  first  becomes  musk,  there  is  not  much  more  than  an 


174  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

eighth  of  an  ounce  ;  as  the  animal  grows  it  increases  in  quantity, 
and  in  some  instances  as  much  as  two  ounces  have  been  found. 
An  ounce  may  be  considered  as  the  average  from  a  full  grown 
animal,  but  as  the  greater  proportion  of  the  deer  are  killed  young, 
the  pods  in  the  market  do  not  contain,  on  an  average,  more  than 
half  an  ounce.  The  pod  from  our  deer  yielded  one  and  one  quar- 
ter ounces,  that  from  the  Bengalese  contained  only  an  ounce. 
The  musk  of  young  animals,  though  not  so  strong,  has  a  much 
pleasanter  smell  than  that  of  old  ones  ;  difference  of  food,  climate, 
or  situation  does  not  seem  to  effect  the  quality. 

Before  we  cut  the  pod  from  our  deer,  we  bound  around  our 
mouths  and  noses  several  folds  of  linen,  as  otherwise,  so  pungent 
is  the  smell,  it  might  cause  hemorrhage.  As,  however,  the 
Puharries  take  good  care  to  adulterate  the  musk  before  it  is  ex- 
ported, we  are  not  exposed  to  such  accidents  at  home.  It  is 
scarcely  possible  to  detect  the  imposture  of  adulteration  at  the 
time  of  purchase,  as  the  pods  are  generally  sold  without  being 
cut  open. 

"  I  have  often  seen  offered  for  sale,"  remarked  the  Hindoo  per- 
fumer, "pods  which  were  merely  a  piece  of  musk  deer  skin,  filled 
with  some  substance,  and  tied  up  to  resemble  a  musk-pod,  with 
a  little  musk  rubbed  over  it  to  give  it  the  proper  odor.  These  are 
easy  to  detect,  there  being  no  navel  on  the  skin  as  it  is  cut  from 
any  part  of  the  body.  But  the  musk  is  also  sometimes  taken  out 
of  the  pod,  and  its  place  filled  by  some  other  substance ;  these 
are  difficult  to  detect  even  if  cut  open,  as  whatever  is  put  in,  is 
made  to  resemble  musk  in  appearance,  and  only  a  small  quantity 
of  genuine  musk  added  to  give  it  the  requisite  odor. 

"  Some  have  a  portion  of  the  musk  taken  out  and  its  place  sup- 
plied ;  others  have  all  the  musk  left  in,  and  something  added  to 


A   MUSK  DEEB  HUNT.  175 

increase  the  weight.  The  substances  commonly  used  for  adulter- 
ation, or  to  fill  the  counterfeit  pods,  are  blood  boiled  or  baked  on 
the  fire,  then  dried,  beaten  to  powder,  kneaded  into  a  paste,  and 
made  into  grains  and  coarse  powder,  to  resemble  genuine  musk  ; 
a  piece  of  liver  or  spleen  prepared  in  the  same  manner ;  dried 
gall,  and  a  particular  part  of  the  bark  of  the  apricot  tree,  pounded 
or  kneaded.  The  dried  paste  from  which  common  oil  has  been 
extracted,  called  "  peena,"  is  also  used,  and  lumps  of  this  with- 
out further  preparation  are  thrust  into  a  pod.  Sometimes  no  care 
is  taken  to  give  the  material  emplo}Ted  in  filling  a  counterfeit  pod 
even  the  appearance  of  musk.  A  gentleman  once  showed  me  a 
pod  he  had  bought  from  a  Puharrie.  On  my  telling  him  it  was 
counterfeit,  he  cut  it  open,  and  found  it  filled  with  hookah  to- 
bacco." 

The  original  extract  of  musk  is  principally  used  for  a  fixing  in- 
gredient in  other  perfumes,  to  give  a  permanancy  to  a  volatile 
odor ;  customers  requiring  in  &  general  way  that  which  is  incom- 
patible—  namely,  that  a  perfume  shall  be  strong  to  the  smell, 
very  volatile,  and  that  it  shall  remain  upon  the  handkerchief  for 
a  long  period,  ergo,  not  volatile  ! 

"Small  portions  of  extract  of  musk,  mixed  with  essence  of 
roses,  extract  of  violet,  and  tuberose,  and  similar  solutions,  do  in 
a  measure  attain  this  object ;  after  the  violet,  which  is  the  most 
delicate,  has  evaporated,  and  is  followed  in  its  turn  by  the  other 
odors  according  to  their  volatilit}^  the  handkerchief  still  retains 
an  odor,  which,  although  not  the  original,  yet  gives  satisfaction, 
because  it  is  pleasant  to  the  olfactoiy  nerves." 

It  is  the  fashion  of  the  present  day  for  people  to  say,  "  I  do 
not  like  musk,"  but  nevertheless,  from  great  experience  in  the 
sale  of  perfumery,  we  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  public  taste  for 


176  A   ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

musk  is  as  great  as  any  perfumer  need  desire.  The  Empress 
Josephine  was  very  fond  of  perfumes,  and  particularly  of  musk. 
Her  boudoir  was  filled  with  it,  in  spite  of  Napoleon's  frequent 
remonstrances.  Sixty  years  have  elapsed  since  her  death,  and 
the  present  owner  of  Malmaison  has  had  the  walls  of  that  dress- 
ing room  repeatedly  washed  and  painted,  but  neither  scrubbing, 
aquafortis,  nor  paint,  has  been  able  to  remove  the  smell  of  the 
good  Empress's  musk,  which  continues  as  strong  as  if  the  bottle 
which  contained  it  had  been  but  yesterda}'  removed. 

We  encamped  for  the  night,  and  in  the  morning  descended  the 
mountains  on  the  opposite  side  to  that  which  we  had  ascended. 
On  our  way  to  Benares,  we  saw  some  trees  of  very  graceful  form 
the  trunks  about  nine  inches  in  diameter,  and  the  tree  about 
twenty  feet  high,  growing  out  of  masses  of  naked  marble  rocks 
on  the  brink  of  precipices,  presenting  a  very  picturesque  appear- 
ance. These,  our  guide  informed  us,  were  the  luban  meyeti, 
which  produce  the  luban  or  frankincense,  the  same  as  the  gum 
olibanum  of  commerce.  On  making  a  deep  incision  into  the 
trunk,  the  resin  exudes  profusely,  of  the  color  and  consistency 
of  milk,  but  hardening  into  a  mass  by  exposure  to  the  air.  The 
young  trees  produce  the  best  and  most  valuable  gum,  the  older 
trees  merely  yielding  a  clear  glutinous  fluid  resembling  copal,  and 
exhaling  a  strong  resinous  odor. 

Olibanum  was  formerly  in  high  repute  as  a  sovereign  remedy 
against  inflamation  of  the  eyes,  and  as  an  efficacious  remedy  in 
consumption,  but  for  these  purposes  it  has  long  gone  out  of  use, 
and  is  chiefly  bought  up  by  the  Greek  merchants  for  the  use  of 
the  Church.  It  is  also  produced  by  the  luban  bedowi,  but  not  of 
so  good  a  quality.  It  is  partially  soluble  in  alcohol,  and  like 
most  of  the  balsams,  probably  owes  its  fragrance  to  a  peculiar 


A   MUSK   DEER   HUNT.  177 

odoriferous  body,  associated  with  the  benzoic  acid  it  contains. 
It  is  not  much  used  in  perfumery  at  the  present  time. 

"We  reached  Benares  in  time  to  attend  the  auction,  and  pur- 
chased a  small  lot  of  the  sandal  wood,  and  the  otto. 

The  next  morning,  after  we  reached  Benares,  we  took  a  boat 
and  sailed  swiftly  down  the  Ganges.  We  saw  on  the  river  banks 
many  fine  gardens,  and  estates  on  which  were  growing  patchouly 
plants.  These  plants  resemble  somewhat  our  garden  sage  in 
their  growth  and  form,  but  the  leaves  are  not  so  fleshy. 

"We  entered  Calcutta  in  the  afternoon,  and  went  directly  on  board 
the  Cynthia,  and  were  gladlj'  welcomed  back  by  all  our  friends. 
After  relating  our  adventures  to  my  wife,  Susie,  Brad,  and  John 
Gagler,  we  retired,  feeling  pretty  well  exhausted.  Brad  was  not 
ready  to  sail  as  yet,  and  doubted  if  he  would  be  for  two  or  three 
days.  Some  gum  olibanum,  that  we  bought  at  Benares,  Jean 
found  was  obtained  from  various  species  of  Boswellia,  serrata, 
thurifera,  and  glabra.  It  is  the  frankincense  of  the  ancients,  and 
the  luban  of  the  Arabs. 

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CHAPTER    XX]. 

A  WEDDING  IN  HIGH   LIFE. 

WE  were  up  bright  and  early,  when  Brad  congratulated  as  on 
our  success  of  the  previous  da}',  and  informed  us  he  had 
received  an  invitation  to  a  Hindoo  wedding,  and  asked  us  if  we 
would  like  to  attend. 

"  Certainly,"  we  replied.     "  Can  we  all  go?" 

"  It  will  be  celebrated  in  the  open  air,  so  there  will  be  room 
enough,"  he  answered.  "  It  is  an  old  acquaintance  of  mine  who 
is  to  be  married,  one  with  whom  I  traded  when  sailing  with  my 
uncle.  They  are  quite  wealthy,  so  it  will  be  a  grand  affair." 

Immediately  after  breakfast,  we  prepared  ourselves  and  set  out 
for  the  house  of  Brad's  friend,  where  we  arrived  early  enough  to 
allow  us  sufficient  time  to  observe  that  the  house  was  arranged  in 
half  Hindoo,  and  half  English  style. 

As  they  make  a  lavish  use  of  perfumes  in  Hindoo  private  life, 
the  number  of  presents  made  to  the  bride  elect,  by  the  bride- 
groom, were  rich  and  numerous.  They  were  displaj-ed  on  a  table 
in  the  room  into  which  we  were  ushered.  The  Singardan,  or  toi- 
let bag,  which  was  one  of  them,  contained  among  other  things,  a 
pandan,  or  box  to  hold  betel,  an  aromatic  mixture  for  chewing,  to 
perfume  the  breath  ;  a  vial  containing  otto  of  roses,  a  goolabpash  or 


A   WEDDING   IN   HIGH   LIFE.  179 

bottle  to  sprinkle  rosewater  on  visitors,  a  box  or  casket,  richly 
carved,  made  of  sandal  wood,  for  containing  spices,  and  one  of 
ebony,  inlaid  with  gold,  for  holding  raeese,  a  powder  made  of  gall- 
nuts  and  vitriol,  for  blackening  the  teeth,  —  women  blacken  their 
teeth  when  they  marry,  and  keep  them  so  as  long  their  husbands 
are  alive.  Another  box  for  soorma  to  blacken  the  eyelids,  and  an- 
other for  kajul  to  darken  the  eyelashes.  These  boxes  were 
elegantl}'  inlaid  and  incrusted  with  jewels. 

The  time  for  the  ceremony  having  arrived,  we  proceed  to  the 
garden.  Here,  under  a  sort  of  canop}r,  called  pcudal,  which  was 
richly  ornamented  and  brilliantly  lighted  with  lamps,  the  bride 
and  bridegroom  sat,  or  rather  squatted  at  one  end,  and  at  the 
other  burned  the  sacred  fire  or  oman,  which  was  constantly  kept 
alight  by  throwing  into  it  sandalwood,  incense,  scented  oils,  and 
other  ingredients,  which  shed  aromatic  fumes.  The  bride  was 
good  looking,  with  regular  features  and  bright  black  eyes ;  her 
hair  was  of  a  beautiful  glossy  black,  almost  jet,  and  quite  long. 
It  was  anointed  with  a  highly  perfumed  oil,  and  a  profusion  of 
jewels  adorned  it.  She  would  have  laid  still  more  claim  to 
beauty,  but  for  the  nose-ring,  which,  though  very  costly  and  ele- 
gant, must  have  been  decidedly  inconvenient. 

One  of  the  bridesmaids  had  her  hair  embellished  with  the  blos- 
soms of  the  silvery  jasmine,  and  the  hair  of  the  other  with  the 
flowers  of  the  golden  champac,  which  set  off  admirably  their 
raven  tresses.  Above  their  ears  were  placed  blossoms  of  a  sort 
of  acacia,  called  Sirisha. 

The  Brahmins,  after  having  recited  a  variety  of  prayers,  con- 
secrated the  union  of  the  couple  by  throwing  a  handful  of  saffron 
mixed  with  rice  flour  on  their  shoulders,  and  the  ceremony  was 
ended  by  the  husband  presenting  his  wife  with  a  little  golden 


180  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

image,  called  talee,  which  is  worn  around  the  neck  by  married  wo- 
men as  a  substitute  for  the  wedding  ring.  After  the  ceremony  we 
presented  our  gifts,  and  among  other  things  gave  them  perfumes 
as  we  understood  that  was  the  custom,  a  scented  powder,  called 
abeer,  which  is  sprinkled  on  the  clothes,  or  rubbed  on  the  face 
and  body,  and  is  made  of  sandal  wood,  aloes,  tumeric,  roses,  cam- 
phor, and  civet ;  Uggur-kee-buttees,  or  pastils,  made  of  gum 
benzoin,  and  other  odoriferous  substances ;  Urgujja,  a  sweet 
ointment,  composed  of  sandal  wood,  aloes,  otto  of  roses,  and  ex- 
tract of  jasmine ;  also  fifunjun,  a  tooth  powder,  which  was  a  mix- 
ture of  burnt  almond-shells,  tobacco  ashes,  black  pepper,  and 
salt,  all  of  which  we  bought  of  our  friend,  the  Hindoo  perfumer 
for  this  occasion,  as  we  should  not  care  to  use  them  ourselves. 

Paying  our  respects,  we  made  our  salutations,  and  then,  as  we 
had  some  spare  time,  proceeded  to  the  Botanical  Gardens  for  a 
promenade.  These  gardens  are  very  beautiful,  and  contain  an 
immense  variety  of  plants,  growing  in  the  most  luxuriant  manner. 
Susie  pointed  out  to  us  a  group  of  Sty  rax  benzoin  trees,  from 
which  is  procured  that  substance  most  in  use  by  perfumers,  and 
is  considered  the  best  of  all  the  balsams,  with  the  exception,  per- 
haps of  the  genuine  balsam  of  Mecca  —  Gum  amyris  opobalsam, 
which  is  so  scarce  and  expensive  it  is  not  used.  The  kings  of 
Judah  cultivated  the  shrub,  but  only  to  a  very  small  extent. 
What  is  generally  sold  by  the  name  of  Balsam  of  Mecca  is  merely 
the  oil,  obtained  by  boiling  the  seeds,  stones,  and  branches  of 
the  tree.  It  is  too  rare  to  be  purchased  at  any  price,  as  it  is  gen- 
erally supposed  to  be. 

A  bottle  of  this  extraordinary  balsam  is  kept  at  the  botanical 
garden  at  Paris,  as  an  object  of  the  rarest  and  highest  value. 
Josephus  informs  us  that  the  Queen  of  Sheba  brought  it  first  to 


A   WEDDING   IN  HIGH   LIFE.  181 

Judea,  where  balsam,  myrrh,  and  incense,  in  the  days  of  old  were 
to  be  seen  used  by  the  populace  in  abundance,  almost  daily.  This 
is  one  of  the  many  things  we  "mourn  for"  in  the  "days  gone 
by."  The  reason  of  its  excessive  scarcity  is  supposed  to  be  ow- 
ing tc  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem;  the  Jews,  actuated  by 
despair  and  hatred,  destroyed  all  the  balsam  plants.  There  are 
none  now  to  be  found  in  Palestine.  Only  one  plantation  is  now 
known  to  furnish  it,  and  that  is  in  Arabia  Petrea.  The  whole 
plantation  only  yields  about  three  pounds  annually,  and  it  is 
monopolized  by  the  Grand  Seignior.  This,  of  course,  we  can 
scarcely  refrain  from  noticing,  without  an  expression  of  regret. 

The  Gum  Benzoin,  or  Gum  Benjamin,  as  some  call  it,  used  to 
be  called  Amygdaloides,  because  of  its  being  interspersed  with 
several  white  spots  which  resemble  broken  almonds.  When 
heated,  these  white  specks  rise  as  smoke,  which  is  easily  con- 
densed upon  paper.  The  material  thus  separated  from  the  ben- 
zoin is  known  in  commerce  as  the  flowers  of  benzoin,  and  chemi- 
cally as  benzoic  acid.  The  best  gum  benzoin  is  obtained  from 
Siam,  but  we  could  not  possibly  visit  there,  as  we  did  not  wish  to 
waste  any  more  of  Brad's  time  ;  but  we  obtained  a  small  quantity 
from  the  chief  florist,  which  he  had  gathered  from  the  trees  grow- 
ing in  the  garden.  It  is  generally  obtained  by  making  incisions 
in  the  trunk  of  the  tree,  after  it  has  attained  the  age  of  five  or 
six  years.  The  resin  is  white  and  transparent  at  first,  then  dry- 
ing, becomes  a  hard  gum  resin.  The  benzoin  usually  brought 
into  the  market  is  dark,  with  (he  white  spots  only  showing 
slightly,  and  when  put  with  alcohol  there  is  a  great  deal  that 
does  not  dissolve,  and  is  useless ;  but  the  specimen  we  ob- 
tained was  in  small  lumps,  all  white,  with  a  very  slight  transpar- 
ent brownish  tint  on  the  surface,  the  lumps,  however,  when 


182  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

broken,  showing  perfectly  white  inside,  and  when  put  in  alcohol 
they  dissolved  completely. 

From  the  Gardens  we  proceeded  to  the  Strand,  the  principal 
promenade  of  the  Europeans  and  wealthy  natives,  and  after  a 
short  stroll  as  it  was  getting  late,  and  wishing  to  reach  the  ship 
before  dark,  we  turned  our  steps  towards  the  vessel. 

During  our  absence  the  ship's  bunkers  had  been  stowed  with 
coal,  but  owing  to  some  delay  we  were  not  ready  to  start  till  after 
nine  o'clock  the  next  morning.  Jean  had  gone  on  shore  again  to 
purchase  some  joss  sticks,  and  some  coconut  oil,  an  opaque, 
unctuous  oil  obtained  from  the  coconut,  and  having  a  delicate 
odor  of  the  nut,  much  used  by  the  Germans  in  making  soap.  He 
also  showed  us  some  balls  of  opium,  scented  with  the  essence  of 
roses,  which  he  had  bought  of  the  Hindoo  perfumer,  such  as  the 
wretched,  cadaverous,  idiotic,  opium  smokers  consume,  many  of 
whom  we  had  seen  in  our  wanderings.  They  looked  not  unlike, 
and  reminded  us  of  the  tobacco  consumers  of  our  own  nation. 

Opium  is  smoked  at  all  hours  by  men  and  women  in  this  coun- 
try, as  well  as  in  the  Celestial  Empire.  The  English  merchants 
sell  every  year  of  this  miserable  drug  to  the  amount  of  one  mil- 
lion five  hundred  thousand  pounds  —  millions  of  dollars  devoted 
to  one  of  the  most  despicable  of  vices  which  afflict  humanity ;  but 
yet  how  small  is  the  sum  compared  to  that  wasted  upon  the 
slower,  but  no  less  certain  brain-destroyers,  liquor  and  tobacco. 

Towards  the  cool  of  the  evening  Jean  invited  us  into  the  labor- 
atory, or  "  Perfumatory  "  as  he  sometimes  called  it. 

"  I  will  now  show  you.  how  to  prepare  cassie  pomade,  or  floral 
pomade  of  any  odor  you  wish,  when  you  have  the  flowers  with 
which  to  work,"  he  said  to  us,  after  we  had  assembled.  "It  is 
called  maceration.  You  remember  I  promised  sometime  ago  to 


A  WEDDING  IN  HIGH   LIFE.  183 

instruct  yon  in  the  art,  but  have  not  had  the  time  since  we  left 
Australia.  Patsey,  bring  me  the  new  glue  pot." 

"I  will  that,  sir." 

"This  glue  pot,  3-011  see,"  continued  Jean,  "melts  the  mate- 
rial by  the  boiling  of  water ;  it  is  in  fact  a  water-bath,  in  chemical 
parlance,  on  a  small  scale.  I  use  beef  suet  or  any  grease  in  pref- 
eience  to  lard,  as  pomades  of  lard  body  are  more  heating,  caus- 
ing dandruff  and  falling  of  the  hair,  especially  where  the  system 
is  scrofulous.  I  have  prepared  some  beef  suet  which  has  been 
purified  by  melting  and  straining  it  through  a  close  hair  sieve, 
allowing  the  liquid  suet  to  drop  into  cold  water,  thereby  granu- 
lating, and  washing  the  blood  and  membrane  from  it.  In  order 
to  start  with  a  perfectly  inodorous  grease  I  repeated  the  process 
three  times,  using  a  pinch  of  salt  and  a  pinch  of  alum,  to  each 
water,  then  I  washed  it  six  times  in  plain  water,  and  finally  re- 
melted  the  fat  to  free  it  from  adhering  water,  and  added  a  small 
quantity  of  powdered  benzoin. 

"Now,  Patsey,  put  the  clarified  suet  into  this  macerating  pot, 
and  we  will  proceed." 

Patsey  did  so,  and  Jean  went  to  one  of  the  lockers  and  took 
out  the  dried  cassie  flowers,  and  putting  as  many  in  the  fat  as  it 
would  cover,  let  it  simmer  slowly  on  the  fire  of  a  small  gas  stove. 

"  I  shall  leave  this  to  cook  during  the  night;  in  the  morning 
I  shall  strain  off  the  fat  and  add  more  flowers  till  I  obtain  the 
strength  of  perfume  I  wish." 

"Oh!"  exclaimed  Susie. 

"  What  is  the  matter?"  asked  Jean. 

"  Some  of  that  hot  grease  spattered  all  over  the  back  of  my 
hand,  and  has  burnt  me." 

Her  hand  was  indeed  quite  badly  burned 


184  A  ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME   LANDS. 

"Wait  a  moment,  Miss  Susie,"  said  Jean,  and  he  hurried  to 
his  collection  of  ottos,  and  selecting  his  sample  of  otto  of  cloves, 
applied  some  of  the  otto  with  a  small  piece  of  cloth  to  the  burn, 
a  small  place  at  a  time  being  covered  so  the  pain  would  not  be  so 
great  as  if  the  whole  place  was  covered  at  once.  "In  a  very 
little  while  }*our  hand  will  not  feel  painful  in  the  least,  Miss 
Susie,"  said  Jean.  "Otto  of  cloves  takes  out  the  fire  from  a 
burn  the  quickest  and  best  of  anything  I  know." 

It  was  true,  for  Susie  felt  no  pain  aftei  a  few  minutes. 


CHAPTER  XXII. 

A   BEWITCHED    SHIP   AND    CKEW. 

^  TTfHAT  is  in  that  glass  tunnel?"  asked  my  wife,  who  having 
'  '  bound  up  Susie's  hand,  was  now  watching  Jean  at  work 
among  his  collections  ;  she  pointed  at  the  same  time  to  a  perco- 
lator in  which  Jean  had  some  article  from  which  he  was  obtain- 
ing an  extract  by  displacement  or  percolation,  the  most  approved 
method  of  obtaining  extracts  in  small  quantities,  of  uniform 
strength  and  in  a  short  space  of  time. 

The  article  being  powdered,  a  diaphragm  put  in  the  tunnel  to 
allow  the  liquid  to  pass  slowly  through  the  material  from  which 
the  extract  is  made,  then  after  the  material  has  stood  twenty-four 
hours  in  absolute  alcohol,  it  is  put  into  the  percolator  and  the 
liquid,  generally  absolute  alcohol,  sometimes  only  proof  spirit,  is 
put  in  the  percolator  on  the  material,  and  as  each  portion  of  it 
displaces  that  before  it,  it  gathers  the  virtues  of  the  material 
which  are  found  in  the  liquid  in  the  receiver  ;  the  spirit  left  in  the 
article  is  displaced  by  an  equal  quantity  of  water,  and  thus  noth- 
ing is  lost. 

"  That  is  the  opium  I  showed  }rou  this  morning,"  replied  Jean. 
"  I  am  preparing  an  extract  from  it." 

"  You  did  not  soak  it  long  in  the  alcohol? "  I  asked. 


186  A    ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

" No,  sir.  I  thought  it  would  not  matter,  as  by  having  it  per- 
colate very  slowly  I  could  obtain  such  an  extract  as  I  wished, 
merely  for  an  experiment." 

In  the  morning  Jean  repaired  to  the  laboratorj-  and  strained 
off  the  fat  from  the  cassie  flowers  and  added  fresh  ones. 

We  were  steaming  south'ard  now  as  fast  as  possible,  for  Brad 
wanted  to  visit  every  island  in  the  vicinity  of  Australia,  before 
giving  up  his  quest. 

The  next  evening  we  were  almost  opposite  the  Island  of  Cey- 
lon, and  soon  we  should  be  far  out  in  the  Indian  Ocean.  We 
were  sitting  around  the  tables  in  the  saloon.  My  wife  and  Susie 
at  one  ;  their  table  covered  with  sewing,  tatting  work,  and  tidies  ; 
John  Gagler,  Brad,  and  I  were  at  the  other  —  John  Gagler  and 
myself  conversing,  and  Brad  stiatying  a  chart  of  the  islands  near 
Australia.  Jean  was  in  the  laboratory  at  work  experimenting,  as 
usual.  Soon  Patsey  came  and  announced  supper,  also  calling 
Jean  from  the  laborator}r. 

After  supper  we  again  repaired  to  the  saloon.  The  night  being 
somewhat  chilly  and  very  cloudy  we  did  not  care  to  go  on  deck. 
About  nine  o'clock  a  peculiar,  uncertain  motion  of  the  ship  at- 
tracted Brad's  attention,  and  he  went  on  deck  to  ascertain  the 
cause  ;  after  sometime  he  returned,  and  we  inquired,  — 

44  What  was  the  trouble  ?  " 

"The  man  at  the  wheel  was  overtaken  with  a  sudden  drowsi- 
ness, and  had  actually  fallen  asleep  at  his  post ;  that  was  the  rea- 
son the  ship  staggered  so,"  he  replied.  ' '  We  could  only  arouse  him 
a  little,  and  could  not  obtain  anything  intelligible  from  him.  I 
ordered  him  to  be  taken  to  his  berth,  and  when  he  awakes  I  will 
have  an  investigation." 

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A    BEWITCHED    SHIP    AND    CttEW.  187 

moned  Brad,  and  he  went  on  deck  again.  Jean  having  com- 
plained of  being  tired  had  gone  into  his  cabin.  After  Brad  went 
out  my  wife  and  Susie  soon  showed  unmistakable  signs  of  sleepi- 
ness by  nodding  over  their  work  and  suddenly  recovering  them- 
selves, and  trying  to  continue  where  they  left  off.  I  told  them 
they  had  better  retire,  and  they  did  so.  Brad  soon  after  came  in 
looking  somewhat  perplexed.  He  saw  my  questioning  glance. 

"  It  is  strange,"  he  mused  ;  "we  have  changed  the  man  at  the 
wheel  three  times  since  I  went  out,  and  each  and  every  one  after 
standing  there  less  than  fifteen  minutes,  has  been  overcome  by 
sleep  and  had  to  be  taken  to  his  berth.  The  fifth  man  is  at  the 
helm  now,  and  if  they  keep  on  at  this  rate  another  hour,  we  shall 
not  have  enough  left  to  carry  us  through  the  night." 

"Th-at's  a  fa-a-ct,"  I  answered,  trying  hard  to  suppress  a 
gape.  "I  —  believe  I'm  getting  sleepy  myself,"  and  I  hurried 
through  the  last  part  of  the  sentence,  fearing  I  should  gape  again 
before  I  could  finish  it. 

"I  shall  be  obliged  to  put  you  to  bed  also,"  said  Brad,  laugh- 
ing. "  Come  out  on  deck  and  get  the  fresh  air,"  and  he  pulled 
me  up  by  the  shoulder ;  shaking  myself,  I  was  about  to  accom- 
pany Brad  up  stairs,  when  I  noticed  John  Gagler,  who  was  rest- 
ing his  arms  on  the  table  and  his  head  upon  them,  almost 
asleep. 

"Come,  John,  you  are  sleepy  too,"  I  said.  "Better  go  to 
bed." 

"Aye,  aye,  sir;"  he  muttered,  but  did  not  stir  till  I  shook 
him  pretty  hard. 

"Aye,  aye,  sir;"  he  again  said,  rousing  himself  and  ris- 
ing. 

"  Halmost  doused  my  top  lights,  didn't  I?    I  guess  its  habout 


188  A  ROMANCE  OF  PERFUME  LANDS. 

time  to  turn  bin.  I  feel  h-awfully  slee-slee-py,"  and  he  gaped 
himself  into  his  cabin. 

Rubbing  my  eyes  and  stretching  my  limbs,  I  followed  Brad, 
who  had  preceded  me,  on  deck.  On  coming  into  the  fresh  air  it 
revived  me  somewhat,  and  finding  Brad,  who  was  watching  the 
man  in  the  wheel-house,  —  not  the  fifth  one,  but  the  seventh,  the 
fifth  and  another  had  succumbed  to  that  strange  drowsiness. 
What  could  it  be  ?  I  confess  I  felt  a  little  uneasy  myself,  and 
cast  furtive  glances  around,  expecting  to  see  some  enemy. 

The  man  now  at  the  helm,  Robert  Hannaburn,  was  a  powerfully 
built  and  strongly  constitutioned  Englishman,  who  had  lived  on  th»- 
seas  from  boyhood,  and  feared  neither  visible  nor  invisible  adver- 
sary ;  even  he,  however,  looked  often  with  sidelong  glance  ove* 
his  shoulder,  and  with  questioning  eyes  sought  courage  from  his 
Captain's  face.  Brad  watched  him  closely,  and  the  man  strug- 
gled hard  to  control  himself. 

Sailors  have  their  superstitions  and  fears,  and  many  a  brave 
fellow  who  in  broad  daylight,  would  fight  till  the  last  breath 
while  their  enemy  was  before  them,  yet  when  something  inexpli- 
cable surrounds  them,  and  the  winds  moan,  and  the  dark  clouds 
flit  by  full  of  mocking  faces,  their  imagination  conjures  up  all 
sort  of  hideous  beings. 

Hannaburn  stood  firm  as  a  rock,  but  his  fingers  would  some- 
how seem  to  lose  their  power  for  a  moment,  and  the  wheel  slip 
almost  from  his  grasp,  yet  he  strove  to  keep  his  post.  Slowly, 
but  surely,  the  influence  overpowered  him,  his  strength  left  him, 
his  head  dropped  forward ;  again  he  started  up,  shook  himself 
like  a  huge  dog,  threw  out  his  broad  chest,  drew  in  a  long,  deep 
breath,  and  looked  defiance  at  his  unseen  antagonist. 

How  long  we  sat  watching  him  I  know  not.     I  felt  a  hand  laid 


A   BEWITCHED    SHIP   AND    CREW.  189 

on  my  shoulder  and  awaking  will,  a  start,  saw  Mr.  Roscoe 
standing  by  me.  Brad  was  still  watching  the  wheel-house,  but 
not  the  man  at  the  wheel,  for  no  one  was  there.  Mr.  Roscoe 
approached  Brad  and  spoke  to  him,  but  receiving  no  answer, 
looked  at  his  face,  and  saw  by  the  light  from  the  wheel-house 
that  he  was  asleep.  Mr.  Roscoe  took  hold  of  his  arm,  and  Brad 
suddenly  opened  his  eyes.  Looking  towards  the  wheel,  the  man 
he  expected  to  see  was  not  there  ;  he  went  to  the  door  and  opened 
it  and  found  Hannaburn  lying  beside  the  wheel  sleeping  soundly  ; 
we  drew  him  out  of  the  wheel-house  on  to  the  deck,  but  no  effort 
could  rouse  him,  so  we  conveyed  him  to  his  berth,  putting 
another  man  in  his  place. 

This  last  man  seemed  loth  to  take  the  position,  and  when  we 
went  into  the  forecastle  we  found  the  night-watch,  and  some 
others  who  had  not  as  yet  retired,  huddled  together  in  groups, 
conversing  in  low  tones  ;  and  when  they  saw  Hannaburn  brought 
in,  their  faces  assumed  a  queer,  half-frightened  expression,  yet 
they  said  not  a  word,  but  tried  hard  to  make  believe  they  were  em- 
ployed about  something ;  we  placed  Hannaburn  in  his  berth. 
Brad  turned  to  his  men  and  simply  said,  — 

' '  I  hope  every  man  is  ready  for  duty  to-night." 

They  touched  their  caps,  and  their  "Aye,  aye,  sir,"  though 
audible,  was  feebly  given. 

The  sailor  who  succeeded  Hannaburn  was  soon  as  fast  asleep 
as  his  predecessors,  and  when  Mr.  Roscoe  and  I  took  him  to  his 
bunk  the  other  men  were  thunderstruck,  and  endeavored  to  get 
behind  each  other,  fearing  to  be  the  next  one  ordered  to  the  mys- 
terious wheel-house.  After  selecting  another  man,  Mr.  Roscoe 
commanded  a  young  fellow,  named  Burndom,  who  had  always 
shown  himself  possessed  of  consideratle  courage  and  daring,  to 


WE   DREW   HIM   OUT    OF   THE   WHEEL-HOUSE. 


Page  180. 


190  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

come  on  deck  and  be  ready  to  take  the  wheel  if  this  last  man 
should  succumb  to  that  insiduous  influence. 

He  followed  us  with  faltering  steps,  and  stopped  a  short  dis- 
tance from  the  gangway.  But  when  he  saw  the  man  sinking 
down,  overcome  by  that  inexplicable,  mysterious  opponent,  he 
sank  to  the  deck,  and  crawled  with  shaking  limbs  to  the  gangwaj*, 
and  almost  threw  himself  headlong  down. 

We  heard  the  sailors  jump  up  in  fear,  and  a  second  after,  the 
scuttle  was  closed  with  a  bang,  and  with  all  our  entreaties,  com- 
mands, and  threats,  we  could  not  induce  them  to  open  it.  Brad 
had  the  wheel ;  he  and  Mr.  Roscoe  were  nonplussed. 

Surrounded  by  some  enemy  whom  they  could  not  see,  ten  of 
the  men  sick,  asleep,  or  dying,  they  knew  not  which,  the  rest  in 
mutin}',  the  ship  in  the  middle  of  a  vast  ocean  with  only  three  or 
five  at  most  to  run  her  through  the  night,  and  they  too  liable  to 
be  overpowered  !  What  accidents  might  happen  !  Where  might 
they  not  be  driven? 

The  engines  still  worked,  the  engineer  stood  to  his  post.  He 
had  not,  however,  ascertained  what  had  occurred  above  him,  or  he 
perhaps  would  desert  us.  Anyway  we  decided  not  to  call  him,  or 
let  him  get  an  inkling  of  what  had  happened. 

We  were  still  heading  south,  a  little  to  the  east  of  south,  and 
going  at  a  good  speed.  Mr.  Roscoe  now  took  the  wheel,  telling 
Brad  to  retire  and  rest  an  hour,  and  then  he  might  relieve  him. 
Brad  would  not,  however,  listen  to  any  such  arrangement. 

"  I  am  afraid  you  too  will  be  asleep  jf  I  leave  you  five  or  ten 
minutes,"  said  Brad,  jokingty. 

"  Never  fear,"  replied  Mr.  Roscoe.  "  The  men  are  only  fright- 
ened, and  it  is  th-eir  imagination  perhaps,  that  puts  them  under 
the  spell ;  imagination  will  d ~>  almost  anything  with  a  man.  You 


A  BEWITCHED  SHIP  AND  CREW  191 

can  stay  here  and  watch  me  awhile,  and  if  I  show  any  signs  of 
faltering,  you  can  then  relieve  me  ;  but  I  must  first  open  one  of 
these  windows  and  get  some  fresh  air  in  here,  even  if  it  does  al- 
most blow  my  head  off,"  and  he  lowered  one  of  the  small  windows 
as  he  spoke. 

We  watched  Mr.  Roscoe  for  half  an  hour  and  as  he  showed  no 
signs  of  drowsiness,  we  began  to  think  he  was  right,  and  that  it 
was  only  the  imagination  of  the  sailors  which  had  overcome  them. 
Brad  went  to  the  cabin,  and  I  sat  on  deck  to  watch  an  hour,  and 
then  I  was  to  call  him  to  relieve  Mr.  Roscoe. 

The  hour  passed,  and  I  was  just  falling  into  a  refreshing  slum- 
ber, when  the  voice  of  Mr.  Roscoe  aroused  me,  and  he  told  me  to 
call  Capt.  Cole.  The  wind  had  now  increased  to  a  gale,  and  as 
I  arose,  almost  blew  me  from  my  feet ;  my  63*68  were  half  closed, 
and  I  staggered  and  stumbled  about  trying  to  reach  the  cabin ; 
as  I  was  going  down  the  stairs  to  the  saloon,  I  glanced  toward 
the  wheel-house  and  noticed  Mr.  Roscoe  had  closed  the  window 
again,  within  a  couple  of  inches,  the  driving  rain  was  so  disagree- 
able, and  I  also  perceived  that  he  was  unaccountably  uncertain  on 
his  feet,  or  else  I  was,  I  could  not  tell  which.  Going  to  Brad's 
cabin  I  shook  him  and  he  said,  — 

"All  right!  I'm  coming  in  a  moment  —  be  there  in  a  min- 
ute." 

I  was  too  sleepy  to  wait  till  he  went  out,  so  telling  him  I  was 
going  to  retire,  as  it  was  past  midnight,  I  bid  him  "  good-night," 
and  entering  my  cabin,  with  difficulty  divested  myself  of  my 
clothing.  I  could  never  remember  the  time  when  I  had  ever  felt 
so  drowsy.  Looking  at  my  wife,  I  saw  she  was  sleeping  soundly. 
My  entrance  did  not  wake  her.  Putting  out  the  light,  I  tumbled 
into  my  berth  and  dropped  to  sleep  instantly. 


I   WAS  STANDING  AT   THE  ENTRANCE  OF    A    HUGE   EGYPTIAN 
TEMPLE. 

Page  192. 


192  A  ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME  LANDS. 

I  felt  as  if  I  was  borne  on  the  winds,  was  drifted  about  from 
place  to  place,  uncertainly,  faintly  heard  thumpings  and  noise  as 
of  a  commotion  of  the  elements.  It  must  have  been  dreamland, 
for  shortly  after  a  strange  scene  was  spread  before  me. 

I  was  standing  at  the  entrance  of  a  huge  Eg}*ptian  Temple, 
one  of  those  built  when  Egypt  was  in  its  glory,  and  the  world 
was  young.  It  was  a  pile  of  granite  so  stupendous  that  the 
mind  could  hardly  conceive  of  such  grandeur  and  vastness.  On 
the  side  walls  were  sculptured  statues  of  former  sovereigns,  in 
size  ten  times  as  large  as  life.  In  the  centre  of  the  Temple  was 
a  golden  statue  of  their  god,  as  large  as  a  man,  and  on  an  altar, 
which  was  also  of  massive  gold,  burned  a  thousand  talents  worth 
of  pure  incense.  Masses  of  swarthy  Egyptians  thronged  the 
streets  and  byways.  Some  grand  festival  seemed  preparing. 

Faintly  wafted  by  the  breeze  music  presently  reached  my  ears. 
Shortly  after,  in  front  of  me  moved  a  magnificent  procession ; 
clouds  of  incense,  and  bursts  of  harmony  burdened  the  air. 
First  came  a  long  array  of  priests  dressed  in  gorgeous  robes, 
preceded,  accompanied,  followed,  by  five  hundred  of  Eg3"pt's  finest 
formed  youth,  their  hair  profusely  powdered  with  gold  and  dia- 
mond dust,  which  glittered  and  sparkled  in  the  sun,  producing  a 
most  brilliant  effect.  The  air  was  filled  with  the  smell  of  odor- 
iferous substances  diffused  by  the  censers  which  each  one  carried 
firmlj-  in  his  right  hand,  and  into  it  cast  with  his  left  hand, 
balls  of  perfume.  Behind  these  marched  one  hundred  and 
twenty  children,  bearing  incense,  nryrrh,  and  saffron  in  golden 
basins,  followed  by  a  number  of  camels  ladened  with  frankin- 
cense, crocus,  cassia,  cinnamon,  orris  and  other  precious  aro- 
matics,  each  bearing  three  hundred  pounds  weight  of  the  different 
articles. 


A   BEWITCHED    SHIP   AND    CREW.  193 

Then  came  two  hundred  of  Eg3Tpt's  fairest  women,  sprinkling 
every  one  with  perfume  from  golden  watering  pots  ;  then  a  host 
of  boys  in  rich  purple  tunics  ;  following  them  two  incense  barncrs 
made  of  ivy  wood,  covered  with  burnished  gold,  and  a  largo 
square  altar  between  them.  These  were  borne  by  stalwart  mou, 
whose  muscles  seemed  playing  under  their  burden. 

The  huge  altar  was  placed  in  the  centre  of  the  square  oppo  utc 
the  entrance  of  the  temple,  and  the  vast  procession  formed  il  self 
around  about.  An  ox  was  brought  forth  for  the  sacrifice  and 
filled  with  frankincense,  myrrh,  and  other  aromatic  subs-inces 
which  the  camels  bore  ;  the  remainder  was  put  into  the  Krge  in- 
cense burners.  They  placed  the  ox  upon  the  altar,  and  as  he 
burned,  fragrant  oils  were  poured  over  him. 

From  the  Temple  were  now  brought  forth  four  sepulchral  vases  ; 
the  first,  surmounted  with  a  human  head,  was  consecrated  to 
Am-set,  the  genius  presiding  over  the  South ;  the  second  vase, 
covered  with  a  cynocephalus,  was  dedicated  to  Ha-pin,  the  genius 
of  the  North  ;  the  third,  decorated  with  a  jackal's  head,  in  honor 
of  Trant-mutf,  the  genius  of  the  East ;  and  the  fourth,  orna- 
mented with  a  hawk's  head,  was  put  under  the  protection  of 
Krebsnif,  the  genius  of  the  West.  After  these  ceremonies  the 
viscera  of  some  recently  deceased  and  embalmed  king  were 
divided ;  in  the  first  vase  were  put  the  large  intestines,  in  the 
second  one,  the  small  viscera,  in  the  third,  the  heart  and 
lungs,  and  in  the  fourth,  the  liver  and  gall-bladder.  This 
being  done,  the  vases  were  filled  with  perfumes  to  ensure  the 
preservation  of  their  contents.  The  music  then  burst  forth  anew, 
and  the  procession  was  commencing  to  form ;  I  turned  to  go 
into  the  Temple,  when  one  of  the  Egyptians  standing  on  the 
robe  that  had  concealed  me,  pulled  it  off,  and  instantly  a  great 

13 


194  A  ROMANCE   OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

cry  arose.  Seeing  a  being  in  the  civilized  costume  of  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy -four,  among  them  of  the  early  cen- 
turies, no  wonder  they  thought  I  was  what  they  called  me. 

"  Satan ! " 

"The  Evil  One!" 

«*  Seize  him  I "  they  exclaimed  in  their  language. 

I  was  seized  and  conveyed  before  the  head  priest,  thinking  to 
themselves,  probably,  that  they  had  really  caught  the  devil,  and 
that  they  would  now  dispose  of  him  for  all  time. 

The  council  of  priests  decided  to  seal  me  up  in  a  sepulchral 
vase,  and  have  me  thrown  from  the  top  of  the  Temple.  I  strug- 
gled, but  in  vain ;  the  odds  against  me  were  too  great.  The  vase 
was  brought  forth,  one  whose  cover  was  ornamented  with  a  cyno- 
cephalus,  whether  as  a  compliment  to  me  or  not,  or  it  being  the 
first  one  convenient,  I  was  unable  to  conjecture.  I  was  thrust  in 
and  the  cover  hermetically  sealed.  I  felt  the  vase  lifted  from  the 
ground. 

I  knew  they  were  carrying  me  up  to  some  great  height.  At 
last  the  vase  containing  me  was  set  down,  and  I  felt  it  sway  to 
and  fro,  then  after  a  short  while  I  felt  n^self  turning  over  as 
though  thrown  from  one  side  of  the  vase  to  the  other  —  felt  my- 
self going  down,  down ;  losing  all  control  of  myself,  my  head 
went  thumping  and  banging  against  the  sides  of  the  jar ;  suddenly 
the  vase  was  shivered  into  atoms  and  I  shot  out  into  space  and 
became  unconscious. 


THE   VASE   WAS    SHIVERED    INTO    ATOMS    AND   I   SHOT   OUT 
INTO   SPACE. 

Page  194. 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 

A   STRANGE   SAIL. 

EARLY  on  a  misty  morning,  within  a  few  miles  of  the  city  of 
Aden,  in  the  Gulf  of  Aden,  there  might  have  been  seen  a 
steam  screw  propeller  yacht,  of  about  three  hundred  and  twenty 
tons  burthen,  with  a  ragged  and  torn  foresail  set,  and  the 
mainsail  reefed  and  close-hauled,  struggling  hard,  and  swa}'ing 
and  drifting  about  uncertainly  in  the  heavy  waves.  Either  an 
inexperienced  hand  held  the  wheel,  or  else  he  was  wearied  by 
the  recent  storm  that  had  only  just  exhausted  itself.  Her  ac- 
tions were  extremely  strange ;  those  on  board  the  various  ves- 
sels passing  her,  remarked  how  unskillfully  she  was  handled. 

No  sailor  aloft,  no  sailors  on  the  deck,  no  sign  of  life  in  an}* 
visible  part  of  her.  She  still  struggled  on,  or  rather  drifted  with 
the  tide,  and  her  sails  fluttered  in  the  wind ;  her  engines  were 
not  working.  No  smoke  issued  from  her  smoke-stack.  The  sun 
rose  higher  and  higher,  and  the  mist  wholly  cleared  away,  show- 
iug  a  beautifully  clear  sky.  The  yacht  still  rode  tipsily  along, 
presently  attracting  the  attention  of  a  group  of  officers  of  an  Eng- 
lish man-of-war  lying  at  anchor  in  the  harbor.  So  singular  were 
her  movements,  every  moment  seeming  as  she  floundered  in  the 
trough  of  the  sea  as  though  she  would  be  capsized,  that  even  the 


196  A   ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

idlers  on  shore  were  disturbed  from  their  lazy  attitudes  to  watch 
her  manosuvres. 

Where  were  her  crew ?    Her  passengers ?    Her  commander? 

She  showed  no  indication  to  heave  to.  No  signals  were  given, 
and  she  blindly  drove  on,  seemingly  not  knowing  whither  she 
went.  Soon  a  boat  pushed  off  from  the  man-of-war,  and  was 
rowed  hastily  towards  the  strange  ship. 

The  officer  hailed  "Ship  ahoy!"  but  no  answer  being  re- 
turned he  hauled  alongside,  boarded  amidships,  and  standing 
upon  the  bulwarks  looked  around  him. 

The  deck  was  deserted.  No  living  thing  in  sight.  Two  other 
oflicers  following  the  first,  the  three  proceeded  to  the  wheel-house. 
As  soon  as  they  reached  the  deck,  the  odd  actions  of  the  ship 
were  more  clearly  perceptible. 

Here  in  the  wheel-house,  as  they  opened  the  door,  they  saw 
stretched,  almost  at  full  length  beside  the  wheel,  a  man,  —  a  finely 
formed,  well  built  man  ;  his  head,  from  which  his  cap  had  fallen, 
showing  a  mass  of  beautiful,  wavy,  chestnut  hair,  rested  upon  his 
unn  ;  he  breathed  easily  and  naturally,  so  their  fears  that  he  was 
dead,  and  that  some  foul  tragedy  had  been  enacted  on  the  high 
seas,  were  dispelled. 

"  Worn  out  at  his  post  by  over  exertion  in  the  storm,"  re- 
marked the  officer,  who  first  scaled  the  ship's  side. 

Thej-  placed  him  in  a  sitting  posture,  and  tried  to  arouse  him. 
His  arms,  however,  hung  loosely,  and  his  head  sagged  to  one 
side.  Lifting  him  out  into  the  air  they  renewed  their  exertions 
and  ordered  those  in  the  boat  to  make  fast  and  come  on  board  to 
drop  the  anchor,  for  the  ship  was  fast  drifting  towards  the  shore  ; 
after  a  short  time  they  revived  the  man  somewhat.  He  looked 
vacant!}*  around  and  tried  to  rise  to  his  feet,  but  sank  back,  and 


BOARDED     AMIDSHIPS,     AND     STANDING    UPON     THE     BUL- 
WARKS,   LOOKED   AROUND   HIM. 

Pago  196. 


A   STRANGE   SAIL.  197 

would  have  again  dropped  to  sleep,  but  for  the  clear,  fresh  ail 
which  he  inhaled. 

Leaving  one  of  the  officers  in  charge  of  this  man,  the  other  two 
ordering  two  of  their  men  to  follow  them,  proceeded  to  the  cabin  ; 
but  it  appeared  deserted ;  looking  closer  they  noticed  that  the 
door  of  the  first  stateroom  leading  from  the  large  cabin  was  ajar. 
Entering,  they  saw  a  man  dressed  as  a  ship's  captain,  asleep  in 
his  berth,  and  after  much  difficulty,  partially  aroused  him,  so  that 
he  gained  his  feet  and  tried  to  walk  out  into  the  large  saloon,  but 
would  have  fallen  had  not  one  of  the  sailors  from  the  boat  caught 
him.  Having  had  some  experience  with  the  other  man,  they  had 
the  captain  taken  on  deck  immediately. 

The  noise  made  in  resuscitating  the  captain,  disturbed  an  oc- 
cupant of  one  of  the  other  staterooms,  and  soon  a  door  opened, 
and  a  man,  evidentl}-  a  foreigner,  went  stumbling  along  towards 
the  rear  of  the  large  saloon,  as  if  bent  upon  accomplishing  some 
design,  but  soon  he  pitched  headlong  into  one  of  the  large  easy- 
chairs  near,  and  was  carried  b}r  the  sailors  to  the  deck.  The 
officers  followed,  and  going  to  where  they  had  left  the  man  dis- 
covered in  the  wheel-house,  they  were  somewhat  surprised  to  see 
him  suddenly  arouse  himself  as  if  from  napping,  and  salute  them 
with  the  question  and  request  of,  — 

"  Mr.  Montague,  have  you  spoken  to  Captain  Cole  to  relieve 
me?  Please  tell  him  to  huriy,  as  I  feel  a  little  sleep}-,  an  unac- 
countable feeling  of  drowsinesss  is  coming  over  me." 

Yes,  it  is  the  same  Cynthia  which  we  left  in  'the  Indian  Ocean, 
now  in  the  Gulf  of  Aden,  hundreds  of  miles  out  of  her  course. 

A  moment  later  the  scuttle  of  the  forecastle  was  thrown  off  and 
up  on  the  deck  poured  such  a  cadaverous,  half-stupefied,  hungry 
looking  set  of  men  as  one  would  seldom  wish  to  see.  Their  cloth- 


198  A   ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

ing  was  rumpled,  their  hair  dishevelled,  and  their  gait,  as  each 
one  tottered  to  some  place  to  rest,  was  as  uncertain  as  that  of 
some  drunken  idiot. 

The  fresh  air  very  .quickly  revived  them.  A  stout  little  fellow 
emerged  from  the  crowd,  in  whom  will  be  recognized  Patsey ;  he 
advanced  to  the  group  surrounding  Brad,  Mr.  Roscoe,  and  Jean, 
and  asked,  — 

"  Shure,  sir,  an'  have  Misthur  and  Misthress  Montague  aris 

yit?" 

Jean,  when  he  heard  the  question,  having  now  recovered  his 
senses,  jumped  up  and  went  down  hurriedly  into  the  cabin  and  began 
to  pound  on  my  door  and  then  on  Susie's.  It  broke  up  my  dreams, 
and  it  was  probably  the  concussion  of  the  knocking  that  made  me 
dream  I  was  receiving  blows  on  the  head  within  that  vase.  I  was 
glad,  however,  to  find  I  was  not  really  in  a  sepulchral  vase. 
Arousing  mj'self  with  an  effort,  and  wondering  why  I  was  called 
so  early,  and  what  the  hurry  was,  I  dressed  as  quickly  as  pos- 
sible. 

I  felt  as  if  I  had  not  slept  half  long  enough.  It  was  as  much 
as  I  could  do  to  awake  my  wife.  She  would  sink  off  to  sleep 
again  as  fast  as  I  could  arouse  her.  I  felt  weak,  as  if  I  had  not 
eaten  any  supper,  so  I  hastened  as  much  as  I  could,  for  I  thought 
a  breakfast  would  taste  good.  I  looked  in  the  mirror  while  dress- 
ing, and  could  hardly  recognize  myself,  so  haggard,  sickly,  and 
wasted  I  appeared,  and  I  noticed  my  wife  looked  rather  pale. 

''  Are  you  feeling  well  this  morning?"  I  asked  her. 

U0h,  yes,  well  enough,  only  a  little  faint  and  hungry,"  she 
replied. 

I  opened  my  stateroom  door,  and  was  surprised  to  find  such  a 
number  of  people  in  (he  cabin,  and  strange  faces  too.  I  saw 


A    STRANGE    SAIL.  199 

Capt.  Cole  helping  Susie  up  the  companion-way,  and  Jean  was 
supporting  John  Gagler,  and  following  Capt.  Cole.  I  had  rather 
a  dizzy  feeling  come  over  me  then,  and  I  thought  I  would  sit 
down  a  moment  and  think  it  over  ;  but  I  did  not  get  far  before  I 
felt  myself  taken  hold  of  and  my  steps  directed  towards  the  stairs 
leading  to  the  deck.  I  made  no  resistance  as  I  felt  rather  queer. 
Reaching  the  deck  and  recovering  my  senses  somewhat,  I  in- 
quired, — 

"  What  is  the  matter?  What  is  going  to  be  done?"  and  gaz- 
ing around,  saw  all  our  sailors,  and  noticed  the  strange  manner 
in  which  they  looked,  as  also  did  John  Gagler,  Brad,  Jean,  my 
wife,  and  Susie. 

"  It  is  all  my  fault,  I  —  "  said  Jean. 

"Beef-soup,  ladies  and  gentlemen,"  announced  the  steward 
interrupting  him. 

"  I  had  the  steward  prepare  for  us  and  the  crew  a  light  break- 
fast," continued  Jean  ;  "  it  is  as  much  as  our  stomachs  can  bear 
at  present." 

"  I  do  feel  somewhat  hungry,"  I  remarked,  and  taking  a  dish 
of  soup  which  was  handed  me,  ate  it  with  relish. 

"  Do  you  know  how  long  it  is  since  you  had  your  supper,  Mr. 
Montague  ?  "  asked  Jean. 

44  It  is  now  about  nine  o'clock,  I  should  judge  by  the  sun,  for 
my  watch  has  run  down,"  I  replied,  "  and  we  had  supper  about 
seven  last  evening,  so  it  is  about  fourteen  hours." 

Jean  laughed  at  my  answer,  and  said,  — 

"  It  is  six  days  and  fourteen  hours!  " 

1  stared  at  him,  as  did  my  wife  and  Susie. 

u  What  do  you  mean?"  I  asked,  surprised. 

"Why,  do  you  not  know  where  we  are?"  he  queried,  and 


200  A  ROMANCE   OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

without  waiting  for  a  reply  said,  "  this  is  the  Gulf  of  Aden,  and 
that  is  the  city  of  Aden,  and  Februar}'  third,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sevent}'-four,  we  were  in  the  Indian  Ocean  abreast  Ceylon." 
We  looked  incredulously  at  him.  "  And  now,  February  tenth, 
we  are  in  the  harbor  of  Aden." 

"  How  did  it  happen,"  I  asked. 

"You  remember  how  sleepy  and  tired  I  felt  that  evening,"  re- 
sponded Jean,  "  and  how  early  I  went  to  bed.  Well,  I  had  been 
working  in  the  laboratory,  experimenting  with  that  opium  I 
bought  in  Calcutta.  Having  made  a  very  strong  extract  of  it,  I 
thought  I  would  see  what  would  be  the  effect,  or  if  it  would  dif- 
fuse any  odor,  if  burned  in  the  Magic  Perfumer,  the  red-hot  star 
apparatus ;  so  I  filled  the  jar  and  set  it  going.  Patsey  calling 
me,  I  thought  I  would  let  it  burn  during  supper  and  then  stop  it 
afterwards  ;  but  after  eating,  probably  being  somewhat  overcome 
by  the  narcotic  powers  of  the  opium,  working  over  it  so  long,  I 
forgot  about  the  burning  star,  and  retired.  You  know  what 
effect  it  had  upon  the  men  and  upon  us.  Capt.  Cole  has  been 
telling  me  what  occurred  after  I  retired.  The  laboratory,  you 
know,  is  directly  under  the  wheel-house,  and  the  ventilator  opens 
into  it ;  so  the  house  becoming  filled  with  the  fumes  of  the  opium, 
the  men  were  immediately  affected  by  the  narcotic,  and  could  not 
help  falling  asleep.  Thus  the  watch  asleep  in  their  berths,  thus 
Susie  and  Mrs.  Montague,  thus  John  Gagler,  yourself,  Capt. 
Cole,  and  Mr.  Roscoe,  the  engineer  and  the  firemen  were  over- 
come by  the  fumes  of  the  opium  permeating  the  ship.  That 
magie  perfumer  within  fifteen  minutes  after  being  set  to  work, 
will  perfume  a  room  thirty  by  forty  feet  with  the  odor  of  any  ex- 
tract put  in  it,  so  you  can  see  that  it  did  not  take  long  to  fill  the 
ship.  There  was  a  quart  of  the  extract  of  opium  in  the  jar,  and 


A    STRANGE    SAIL.  201 

as  it  burns  very  slowly,  the  liquid  must  have  lasted  till  within  a 
day  or  two,  a  very  little  coming  out  at  a  time,  just  sufficient  to 
keep  us  asleep  ;  even  now  there  is  a  taint  of  the  fumes  about  the 
cabins." 

"  We  may  thank  Heaven  that  we  came  out  of  it  so  well,"  said 
Brad,  "  for  we  have  been  driving  along  without  a  guide  or  help,  at 
the  mercy  of  wind  and  water,  for  we  have  passed  through  a  storm, 
as  you  can  see  by  the  condition  of  the  ship,  —  have  been  driven 
in  exactly  the  opposite  direction  to  that  in  which  I  wished  to  go, 
and  have  been  starved  almost  to  death.  I  feel  as  weak  as  a 
baby." 

u  I  cannot  express  to  you  my  regrets  for  my  carelessness,"  said 
Jean,  sorrowfully,  "  for  endangering  the  lives  of  so  many,  and  of 
my  best  friends." 

We  told  him  not  to  mention  it,  and  that  we  were  all  liable  to 
mistakes,  and  as  he  was  confused  by  the  narcotic,  we  could  not 
censure  him. 

"  You  are  very  kind,"  he  answered,  "  and  as  there  are  still  some 
of  the  fumes  of  the  opium  about  the  ship,  allow  me  to  do  my 
best  to  relieve  you  of  it  as  far  as  lies  in  my  power.  Patsey, 
bring  me  all  the  matches  that  can  be  found  in  the  ship,  to  spare, 
with  Capt.  Cole's  permission." 

"  Certainly,"  replied  Brad,  "but  no  more  experiments,  if  you 
please." 

"  Don't  be  alarmed,  Captain,"  Jean  answered,  laughing. 

Patsey  brought  a  considerable  number  of  matches,  which  Jean 
wet,  and  leaving  some  in  a  saucer  on  the  table  in  the  laboratory,  and 
in  the  large  cabin,  opened  the  doors  of  the  smaller  cabins,  and 
took  some  into  the  forecastle.  The  ozone  coming  from  the  wet 
matches  soon  purified  the  air.  Capt.  Cole  meanwhile  set  his 


202  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

men  to  work  about  the  ship  to  repair  what  had  been  damaged 
during  the  storm,  and  arrange  everything  "  shi] /-shape."  We 
thanked  the  officers  of  the  English  ship  for  their  assistance,  and 
excused  ourselves  for  not  inviting  them  to  dine  with  us,  nor  ac- 
cepting their  invitation  to  dine  with  them,  as  we  felt  so  miserable. 

Admitting  that  we  must  be  physically  demoralized  after  pass- 
ing through  the  ordeal  we  had,  they  bowed  their  adieus,  and  went 
over  the  ship's  side  to  their  boat,  and  we  saw  them  shortly  after  on 
board  their  own  vessel.  Brad  had  mattresses  brought  on  deck, 
and  awnings  raised,  and  the  sailors  and  ourselves  laid  on  deck 
to  inhale  all  the  fresh  air  we  could.  Little  was  done  that  was 
not  necessary ;  beef-soup  was  served  three  or  four  times  during 
the  day ;  no  hearty  food  was  eaten. 

The  question  was,  "What  course  shall  we  now  take?  Shall 
we  go  back  over  the  route  we  have  just  been  driven,  along  the 
eastern  coast  of  Africa,  or  —  " 

"If  I  might  propose  a  plan,"  spoke  up  Jean,  "  I  would  say 
that  as  we  are  all  weak  and  almost  sick,  a  short  delay  might  be 
beneficial  to  us,  and  might  relieve  your  mind,  Capt.  Cole,  from  the 
strain  it  is  under,  while  you  are  cruising  for  your  father ;  it  is,  that 
you  will  favor  my  father  with  a  visit,  at  Grasse,  France.  It  is  not 
far  from  here,  and  in  that  beautiful  climate  and  among  the  en- 
chanting scenes  of  my  boyhood  home,  we  should  soon  recover 
our  sprightliness,  and  then  with  renewed  vigor  continue  the 
search." 

We  looked  at  Brad  to  see  what  his  answer  would  be. 

"  I  confess  I  feel  as  if  all  the  energy  and  life  were  taken  from 
me,"  he  said,  "  but  whether  the  feeling  will  wear  off  in  a  day  or 
two,  I  do  not  know ;  but  I  see  by  your  looks,  Jean,  that  you 
would  like  to  see  your  father  and  home  once  more,  and  as  noth- 


A    STRANGE     SAIL.  203 

ing  would  so  fill  my  heart  with  joy  as  to  see  my  father,  I  would 
certainly  be  selfish  not  to  go  out  of  my  way  a  little  to  give  you 
the  same  pleasure." 

" How  can  I  thank  you,  sir?"  said  Jean,  feelingly. 

Brad  gave  orders  to  have  everything  prepared  to  set  sail  in  the 
evening.  "We  sent  a  message  of  thanks  to  the  officers  of  the 
man-of-war,  "  Gulnare,"  and  about  six  o'clock  steamed  from  th€ 
harbor  of  Aden  towards  the  Bed  Sea. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 

JL   VOICE. 

IN  a  week  from  the  time  we  left  Aden,  we  reached  Suez,  steamed 
through  the  Suez  Canal,  and  thence  into  the  Mediterranean 
Sea.  Our  health  had  improved,  but  we  had  not  wholly  recovered 
from  the  anaesthetic  effects  of  our  narcotic.  All  we  did,  was  to 
sit  on  deck  and  watch  the  passing  scenes.  The  ship  was  headed 
towards  Nice,  the  port  at  which  we  were  to  enter  to  reach  Grasse, 
Jean's  native  place. 

We  should  liked  very  much  to  have  stopped  at  Messina,  but 
concluded,  as  we  had  seen  so  many  hundreds  of  lemon  trees  in 
our  travels,  that  it  would  be  only  a  repetition,  consequently  need- 
less. There  are  hundreds  of  acres  of  them  at  Messina.  The  fine 
perfume  of  the  lemon  is  abstracted  by  expression,  and  also  by  dis- 
tillation of  the  rind  of  the  fruit.  The  Otto  of  Lemon,  which  is 
procured  by  expression,  has  a  much  finer  odor,  and  a  more  intense 
smell  of  the  fruit,  than  the  distilled  product.  As  a  distinction 
the  expressed  otto  is  called  Otto  of  Citron  Zest,  and  the  distilled 
is  known  as  the  Otto  of  Lemon. 

Otto  of  lemon,  like  all  the  ottos  of  the  Citrus  family,  is  prone 
to  rapid  oxidation  when  in  contact  with  air  and  exposure  to  light ; 
a  high  temperature  is  also  detrimental,  and  as  such  is  <he  case,  it 


JL  VOICE.  205 

should  be  preserved  in  a  cool,  dark  cellar.  Rancid  otto  of  lemon 
may  in  a  great  measure  be  purified  by  agitation  with  warm  water, 
leaving  the  water  in  the  bottle,  and  letting  it  stand  until  a 
mucilaginous  preparation  forms  on  the  top  of  the  water  and  ac- 
quires a  certain  tenacity,  so  that  the  otto  may  be  poured  off 
nearly  to  the  last  without  disturbing  the  impurities. 

The  Otto  of  Bergamot,  that  most  useful  and  delightful  of  ottos, 
is  also  manufactured  in  Messina,  in  large  quantities,  by  expres- 
sion from  the  peel  of  the  fruit  of  the  Citrus  bergamia,  of  which 
there  are  numerous  and  large  groves  in  and  about  the  city.  One 
hundred  medium  sized  fruit  will  yield  about  three  ounces  of  the 
otto.  It  has  a  soft,  sweet  odor,  too  well  known  to  need  a  de- 
scription. When  new  and  good,  it  has  a  greenish  yellow  tint,  but 
loses  its  viridit}*-  by  age,  especially  if  kept  in  imperfectly  corked 
bottles.  It  then  becomes  cloudy  from  the  deposit  of  resinous 
matter,  produced  by  contact  with  the  air,  and  acquires  the  odor 
of  turpentine.  It  is  best  preserved,  like  otto  of  lemon,  in  a  cool, 
dark  cellar ;  light,  especially  the  direct  sunshine,  quickly  deterio- 
rates its  odor.  This  observation  may  be  applied,  indeed,  to  all 
perfumes,  except  rose,  which  is  not  so  affected.  When  bergamot 
is  mixed  with  other  ottos  it  greatly  adds  to  their  richness,  and 
gives  a  sweet  and  mellow  tone  to  spice  ottos,  attainable  by  no 
other  means,  and  such  compounds  are  much  used  in  the  most 
highly-scented  soaps. 

The  next  day  we  were  expecting  to  sight  Nice,  and  at  eight 
bells  (four  o'clock) ,  we  steamed  into  its  beautiful  harbor. 

The  perfume  from  the  Flower  Farms  of  the  World,  —  this  ever 
flowering  Eden,  whose  products  are  the  sources  whence  flow  the 
streams  of  sweet  odors, — Avas  so  balmy,  so  delightful,  gave  to  the 
senses  such  a  feeling  of  pure  enjoyment,  that  could  be  gratified 


206  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME     LANDS. 

without  stint  or  danger,  such  unalloyed  pleasure,  that  one  felt  as 
if  they  could  float  forever  around  such  a  spot,  so  blessed ;  and, 
with  half-awakened  sense  perceive  the  beauties  before  their  vis- 
ion, and  filled  to  over-flowing  with  voluptuous  feeling,  so  deep,  so 
refined,  intense  and  powerful,  that  life  or  death,  earth  or  heaven, 
could  supply  no  more. 

Steam  was  shut  off,  and  the  vessel  allowed  to  drift  slowly  into 
port,  each  one  seemingly  wishing  to  prolong  the  pleasure,  to  go  on, 
yet  not  to  move,  seeking  for  more,  yet  fearing  to  lose  one  iota. 
In  the  distance  rose  the  Estrelle  Mountains,  enclosing  this  beau- 
tifully situated  place,  as  if  the  gods  had  chosen  this  spot  as  their 
own,  and  had  shut  it  in  from  the  sight  of  the  outer  world  to  look 
down  upon  from  the  mountains,  and  drink  in  the  nectar  that  arose 
from  the  beauteous  plain. 

From  this  favored  spot  come  those  balmy  treasures,  which  so 
delight  the  senses, — the  Violet,  Mignonette,  Orange,  Tuberose, 
and  many  others.  Near  the  mountains  of  the  Estrelle,  at  the 
foot  of  the  Alps,  the  violets  are  found  sweeter  than  if  grown  in 
warmer  localities,  where  the  orange-tree  and  tuberose  bloom  to 
perfection. 

The  perfume  exhaled  by  the  Viola  odorata  is  so  universally  ad- 
mired, that  to  speak  in  its  favor  would  be  more  than  superfluous. 
These  violet  farms,  from  whence  the  flowers  are  procured  to  make 
this  perfume,  are  very  extensive  here  in  Nice.  The  true  smell- 
ing principle,  or  Otto  of  Violets,  has  been  isolated  by  M.  March, 
of  this  place,  a  sample  of  which  we  saw,  but  its  cost  being  enor- 
mous and  exhorbitant,  we  only  looked  at  it. 

Were  it  not  for  the  exquisite  odor  of  the  mignonette,  that  lit- 
tle flower  would  scarcely  be  known  otherwise  than  as  a  weed. 
Sweet  as  it  is  in  its  natural  state,  and  prolific  in  odor,  it  is  not 


A  VOICE.  207 

possible  to  maintain  its  characteristic  smell  as  an  extract.  Like 
many  other  odors  during  separation  from  the  plant,  the  fragrance 
is  variously  modified ;  though  not  perfect,  it  still  reminds  the 
sense  of  the  odor  of  the  flowers.  Extract  of  mignonette  is  often 
sold  under  the  name  of  Extract  of  Reseda. 

The  Extract  of  Tuberose  is  a  most  exquisite  odor.  It  is,  as  it 
were,  a  nosegay  in  itself,  and  reminds  one  of  that  delightful  per- 
fume which  pervades  the  atmosphere  at  the  close  of  day,  in  a 
well  stocked  flower  garden  in  full  bloom. 

As  Grasse  was  the  place  we  wished  to  visit,  we  cared  not  to 
delay,  for  Jean  was  anxious  to  be  on  the  way ;  so  making  ar- 
rangements for  an  early  start,  we  made  everything  ready  for  the 
journey.  Beaching  Grasse  on  the  following  day  we  found  it  pic- 
turesquely situated  on  a  declivity,  commanding  fine  views  in  all 
directions.  Through  the  county  which  we  had  passed,  the  roads 
were  bordered  with  gardens  teeming  with  flowers,  for  the  inhab- 
itants of  this  country  raise  flowers  which  are  bought  by  the  man- 
ufacturing perfumers,  who,  although  they  produce  such  immense 
quantities,  do  not  have  enough  to  supply  their  wants.  Groves  of 
orange  and  olive  trees,  the  latter  yielding  the  finest  olive  oil  that 
is  enfleured  in  the  many  perfumery  establishments  of  this  neigh- 
borhood, surrounded  the  residences  and  flower-farms. 

Jean  was  in  advance,  and  quite  hurriedly  conducted  us  for- 
ward, up  a  short  ascent,  then  around  a  sharp  turn  to  the  left, 
and  halted  before  a  small  cottage  embowered  in  orange  and  olive 
trees,  and  surrounded  with  a  well  cultivated  flower  and  kitchen 
garden.  He  had  written  letters  to  his  father  apprising  him  of  his 
intended  visit,  and  the  old  gentleman  was  daily  expecting  us,  — 
his  mother  was  dead,  —  so  we  were  not  surprised  that  the  noise 
of  our  arrival  brought  to  the  door  an  old  man,  who,  before  we 


208  A   ROMANCE   OP    PERFUME   LANDS. 

were  able  to  get  a  good  view  of  him,  was  enfolded  in  the  arms  of 
the  impetuous  Jean. 

"We  waited  patiently  until  their  greetings  were  over,  then  Jean 
remembering  us,  we  were  introduced  and  cordially  welcomed  by  his 
father.  We  found  him  very  affable  and  profuse  in  his  hospitality. 

He  was  short  of  stature,  thin,  but  of  wiry  build,  and  very,  we 
must  say,  exceedingly  nervous  and  quick  in  his  movements,  but 
withal  agreeable  and  pleasing  in  manner ;  his  head  was  quite  bald 
on  top,  and  the  hair  around  the  back  part  of  his  head  was  gray ; 
a  well  trimmed,  iron-gray  beard  and  moustache  covered  the 
lower  part  of  his  full  and  pleasant  face.  He  was  overjoyed  to 
see  his  boy  once  again,  and  we  were  well  paid,  to  see  what  pleas- 
ure we  had  afforded  these  kind-hearted  Frenchmen  by  our  accept- 
ance of  Jean's  invitation. 

The  old  gentleman  took  a  great  fancy  to  Susie,  and  lavished  his 
attentions  upon  her,  which  seemed  to  please  Jean  greatly.  Mons. 
Guillaume  Souplesse,  wanted  of  course  to  hear  all  about  our  adven- 
tures, and  so  we  had  an  abundance  of  subjects  to  converse  upon ; 
besides  this,  Mons.  Souplesse  was  kept  continually  busy  by  the 
many  questions  of  Jean  about  his  old  friends  and  acquaintances 
of  this,  his  native  place. 

The  night  was  beautiful,  the  stars  shone  with  brilliancy,  the 
moon  all  resplendent  illumined  the  groves  and  cottages,  strollers 
passed  by  the  house  wandering  in  the  bright  moonlight. 

It  must  have  been  about  half-past  ten  or  eleven.  Mons.  Sou- 
plesse was  closing  the  doors  for  the  night,  and  we  were  about  to 
retire,  when  we  heard  such  a  sweet,  full,  rich  voice  break  the 
stillness  of  the  night  with  song  that  caused  us  all  to  pause  ;  the 
sound  came  from  the  roar  of  the  cottage ;  we  also  faintly  dis- 
cerned the  light  notes  of  a  guitar. 


A   VOICE.  209 

Fuller  and  sweeter  the  voice  rose.  The  effect  on  us  was  mag- 
ical. It  thrilled  us  through  and  through  with  delightful  feeling. 

Jean  had  risen  to  his  feet  at  the  first  intonation,  and  seemed 
spellbound  to  the  spot  where  he  stood,  with  head  bent  and  pale 
face,  he  appeared  to  drink  in  each  note  with  almost  exquisite 
pain.  Could  music  so  move  one  ! 

In  a  moment  his  manner  changed,  he  threw  open  a  door,  and 
almost  pitched  headlong  down  a  flight  of  stairs. 

His  father  looked  amazed,  frightened,  and  it  must  be  acknowl- 
edged we  were  surprised  at  his  apparently  insane  conduct. 

We  went  to  the  stairway  to  see  what  had  become  of  him,  when 
he  came  up  again  two  steps  at  time,  rushed  by  us,  listened  for  a 
moment,  then  said,  breathlessly,  — 

"  Excusez  moi." 

He  went  out  into  the  street,  and  running  at  full  speed,  was 
quickly  passing  from  sight,  when  Brad,  Patsey  and  I  set  out  in 
pursuit  of  him. 

We  just  got  sight  of  him  again  as  he  turned  a  corner,  over- 
turning a  couple  of  brigandish  looking  Frenchmen  from  among  a 
group  of  idlers,  who  were  quick  with  their  tongues  to  berate 
him  for  his  awkwardness. 

We  noticed  some  others  had  joined  in  the  pursuit,  and  quite  a 
number  were  running  after  us  to  see  what  was  the  rumpus.  We 
heard  them  cry,  — 

"Lunatique!"  "Maniaque!"  the  while  tapping  their  fore- 
heads significantly. 

It  increased  the  excitement  as  a  matter  of  course,  for  we  saw 
Mlers,  men,  boys,  and  dogs,  gathering  from  all  directions.  We 
were  gaining  somewhat  on  Jean,  when  he  once  more  went  around 
a  corner ;  as  we  reached  it,  we  heard  the  fine  voice  of  the  singer 

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Page  210. 


210  A   HOMAGE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

more  distinctly.  The  song,  however,  was  quickly  broken,  as  she 
noticed  the  commotion. 

We  saw  she  was  a  3*oung  girl  of  perhaps  twenty-two  or  twenty- 
three  years  of  age,  of  lithe  and  graceful  form.  Perceiving  Jean 
running  swiftly  towards  her,  and  hearing  the  exclamations  of  the 
mob,  she  grasped  her  guitar  tightly,  and  with  frightened  air 
bounded  away  ;  she  went  swiftly  as  a  deer.  Jean  seemed  to  be 
directing  his  attention  especially  to  her,  and  when  she  started  to 
flee,  called  to  her.  "We  did  not  hear  what  he  said,  neither  I 
think  did  she,  for  she  took  no  notice  of  him. 

He  increased  his  speed. 

Was  he  really  crazy  !  —  mad !  —  or  chasing  an  ignis  fatuus  ? 

For  awhile  he  did  not  gain  on  her,  but  her  strength  at  last 
failing,  she  faltered,  and  putting  her  hand  to  her  heart,  she 
gasped  for  breath,  and  would  have  fallen  had  not  Jean  at  this 
moment  reached  her,  caught  her  in  his  arms,  and  rained  kisses 
on  her  cheeks  and  lips.  We  wondered  if  it  was  the  custom  in 
Grasse  to  chase  any  pretty  young  lady,  to  whose  face  or  voice 
you  happened  to  take  a  fancy,  frighten  her  almost  to  death,  and 
then  revive  her  by  kissing. 

The  crowd  coming  up,  and  seeing  that  Jean  did  not  harm 
her,  as  they  supposed  he  would,  looked  on  inquiringly  and  volubly 
commented  on  the  occurrence.  The  young  girl  recovering  under 
Jean's  fervent  treatment,  looked  up  in  amazement,  and  seemed 
surprised  to  find  a  fine  looking  young  man  caressing  her,  instead 
of  being  in  the  grip  of  a  maniac. 

Jean  kissed  her  two  or  three  times  more,  but  she  resisted 
stoutly,  stood  away  from  him,  and  drew  herself  proudly  up, 
while  blushes  suffused  her  cheeks,  and  fire  came  into  her  dark, 
lustrous  eyes.  Jean  looked  at  her,  the  moon  shone  directly  on 


A  VOICE.  211 

her,  clothing  her  in  a  halo  of  light.  For  a  moment  he  was  thun- 
derstruck. Then  begging  her  pardon,  he  covered  his  face  with 
his  hands,  and  acted  extremely  dejected. 

The  young  girl  seeing  his  attitude,  and  that  there  had  really 
been  a  mistake,  touched  Jean  on  the  arm,  and  in  a  low,  sweet 
voice,  told  him  she  forgave  him. 

Jean  did  not  know  what  to  say. 

Drawing  nearer  to  them,  we  told  her  we  would  vouch  for  Jean, 
and  assured  her,  although  we  knew  not  the  cause  of  his  impetuous 
actions,  that  he  would  no  doubt  at  once  give  us  an  explanation, 
if  she  wished. 

She  said  in  English,  "None  required,  as  I  see  he  thought  I 
was  some  one  else." 

"  If  you  will  allow  us,  we  will  accompany  you  to  your  destina- 
tion, and  give  these  inquisitive  parties  less  cause  for  noticing  us," 
said  Brad  to  her. 

"  And  I  should  be  happy  to  explain,"  said  Jean.  "  I  suppose 
you  were  surprised  at  my  sudden  flight,  but  her  voice  reminded 
me  so  forcibly  of  my  lost  sweetheart,  I  thought  no  one  else  could 
possess  the  like  —  the  mademoiselle  that  was  lost  on  board  the 
steamer  when  I  went  to  America  —  that  when  I  heard  this  young 
lady,  it  flashed  on  me  like  electricity ;  for  a  moment  I  reeled, 
then  fearing  if  it  was  really  my  lost  love  and  that  I  might  again 
lose  her,  I  started  in  pursuit,  thinking  the  while  that  she,  too, 
by  some  unaccountable  means,  might  have  escaped  from  the 
wreck  like  myself.  I  had  no  idea  I  should  attract  so  much  atten- 
tion, or  place  a  stranger  in  such  an  embarrassing  position,  for  I 
6ee  I  am  mistaken.  Poor  Lilla !  " 

"  Lilla !  "  exclaimed  the  young  girl,  looking  at  Jean  inquiringly. 
"Lilla  —  " 


212  A  ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

"  Lilla  Montrose  was  her  professional  name  —  Lilla  Stanley 
her  real  name,"  interrupted  Jean,  he  in  his  turn  looking  ques- 
tioningly  at  the  girl. 

"  And  Millie  Stanley  is  my  name,  sir.     She  was  my  sister ! " 

"You!  Her  sister?  You  do  not  resemble  her  in  the  least, 
now  that  the  moonlight  strikes  on  you,  so  I  can  see  you  better, 
but  37our  voice  is  exactly  like  hers,"  said  Jean. 

"  Yes,  poor  Lilla !  when  the  news  came  that  she  was  lost,  I 
knew  not  what  to  do,"  she  said.  "I  —  " 

"Come,"  interrupted  Brad,  "this  crowd  is  getting  too  famil- 
iar, let  us  return." 

We  had  not  moved  as  yet  in  either  direction,  and  the  mob  was 
pressing  upon  us  to  hear  the  conclusion  of  the  adventure. 

The  young  girl  shrank  timidly  away  at  his  remark,  and  was 
about  to  depart,  but  Jean  took  hold  of  her  arm  lightly  and  de- 
tained her. 

"You  must  go  with  us,  mademoiselle,  and  tell  us  your  story," 
said  Jean.  "  You  don't  suppose  we  intend  to  lose  you  so 
quickly.  If  only  for  love  of  3'our  lost  sister,  you  should  consider 
me  your  friend." 

We  proceeded  onward. 

Arriving  at  the  house  again,  we  found  my  wife,  Susie,  John 
Gagler,  and  Mons.  Souplesse  at  the  gate  awaiting  us  with  anxious 
looks.  The  young  girl  was  at  first  loth  to  go  in,  but  Jean  at  last 
persuaded  her,  and  she  bashfully  entered. 

"  Come  and  sit  beside  me,"  said  my  wife  ;  "let  me  take  your 
guitar?" 

We  had  now  an  opportunity  to  observe  her.  We  noticed  she 
was  neatly,  but  poorly  clad,  and  revealed  to  us  a  handsome  face. 
She  had  naturally  a  dark  complection,  with  deep,  liquid  eyes,  a 


A  VOICE.  213 

Grecian  nose,  black,  rippling  hair ;  but  she  was  now  slightly  pale, 
excepting  when  the  blushes  mounted  to  her  cheeks  at  thoughts  of 
her  momentary  embarrassing  position.  "We  related  the  circum- 
stances of  the  chase,  with  many  merry  jokes  at  Jean's  expense, 
and  his  absurd  position,  yet  not  without  due  respect  being  given 
to  the  memory  of  the  lost  sister. 

"  Miss  Stanley,"  said  Brad,  "  we  should  like  you  to  finish  your 
story  now,  which  you  will  please  excuse  me  for  so  abruptly  inter- 
rupting." 

"  You  are  very  kind,  sir,"  she  replied.  "  I  was  about  to  say, 
after  Lilla  was  lost,  I  had  no  one  to  take  care  of  me.  I  was  quite 
young  then,  and  Lilla  was  having  me  educated  for  a  singer. 
When  all  the  money  was  gone  that  she  had  sent  to  me,  I  was 
obliged  to  go  to  work,  and  I  struggled  hard.  By  denying  myself 
many  luxuries,  I  finally  had  money  enough  to  come  to  Europe 
to  finish  my  musical  education,  —  the  dream  of  my  life.  My 
health  failing  after  I  had  commenced  my  studies,  I  came  here 
knowing  what  a  reputation  this  place  bears  for  restoring  the 
health  of  invalids.  My  funds  gradually  diminishing,  I  had  no 
option  but  to  use  my  accomplishments,  and  so,  in  the  evenings, 
when  I  thought  I  should  not  be  recognized,  I  have  taken  my  gui- 
tar and  sung  about  the  streets.  With  the  few  sous  I  thus  earn, 
I  have  eked  out  a  scant  living ;  but  it  does  not  matter,  I  shall 
soon  go  to  meet  my  sister,  where  there  is  no  want  or  hunger." 

She  completely  broke  down,  and  cried  as  if  her  heart  would 
break. 

Mons.  Souplesse,  my  wife,  and  Susie  did  all  they  could  to  con- 
sole her,  and  succeeded  after  awhile  in  drying  her  tears ;  then  the 
old  gentleman  showed  my  wife  an  apartment,  to  which  she  con- 
ducted Millie,  and  remained  with  her  till  she  sank  into  a  sound 


214  A   ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME   LANDS. 

slumber,  holding  tightly  to  my  wife's  hand,  as  if  fearing  to  lose 
her,  or  wake  and  find  it  all  a  dream. 

The  next  morning  at  breakfast,  we  each  greeted  Millie  cordially, 
and  were  pleased  to  see  that  she  had  recovered  from  her  fright. 
She  was  reluctant  to  stay  any  longer  with  us,  but  both  Jean  and 
Mons.  Souplesse  insisted  that  she  must  make  their  house  her 
home. 

"  Father  will  soon  have  no  one  for  company,"  said  Jean,  "  as 
I  must  shortly  leave  with  my  friends.  You  will  cheer  him,  and 
be  a  pleasant  companion  for  him,  and  — " 

"  I  cannot  so  impose  on  your  kindness,"  she  quickly  interrup- 
ted. "  I  shall  be  well  in  a  little  while,  then  I  can  obtain  some- 
thing to  do,  and  in  a  short  time  be  comfortably  situated, — an 
opening  at  some  theatre  perhaps." 

"  I  have  no  doubt  you  could  soon  get  an  engagement  to  sing, 
when  you  are  strong  enough,  as  you  have  a  splendid  voice,"  said 
Mons.  Souplesse;  "but  you  must  stay  with  us  until  that  time. 
So  please  say  no  more,  mademoiselle." 

Millie  could  not  of  course  refuse  again  such  kind  offers,  so  ex- 
pressing her  gratitude  by  her  looks,  she  bowed  her  head,  and  two 
or  three  large,  bright  tears  chased  each  other  down  her  cheeks, 
showing  how  full  of  thanks  was  her  heart. 


CHAPTER  XXV. 

ENFLEURAGE. 

OON  after  breakfast  the  next  morning,  we  started  out  to  visit 
one  of  the  largest  of  the  many  perfumery  establishments  in 
this  place,  to  witness  the  processes  in  use,  of  which  there  are  four, 
—  distillation,  expression,  maceration,  and  absorption, — for  ex- 
tracting the  aroma  from  fragrant  substances. 

We  selected  the  house  of  Messrs.  Bertrand  Freres,  and  under 
the  escort  of  Mr.  Henry  Fielding,  their  affable  agent,  with  whom 
we  became  slightly  acquainted  in  the  United  States,  we  com- 
menced our  tour  of  observation  on  the  lower  floor,  where  the 
steam  apparatus  and  the  raw  materials  were  kept.  As  the  pro- 
cess of  distillation,  maceration,  and  expression  have  been  de- 
scribed in  previous  chapters,  we  will  go  on ;  first  however  stop- 
ping to  view  the  process  of  purifying  pomades  for  absorption,  or 
as  the  French  call  it,  enfleurage. 

The  suet  is  first  melted  by  the  heat  of  a  steam  bath,  in  an 
enamelled  iron  vessel,  and  adding  to  it  gradually  one  ounce  of 
powdered  alum,  and  two  ounces  of  pure  table  salt,  to  every  fifty 
pounds  of  fat  under  treatment,  the  heat  is  continued  above  212° 
Fahrenheit  until  scum  ceases  to  rise  to  the  surface,  which  con- 
tains all  the  organic  and  other  impurities,  and  is  skimmed  off  as 


ESTABLISHED  1842. 


AND 


6IIIIII  ENGLISH  PLUM  PUDDING. 


These  delicious  preparations  appeal  directly  to  the  tastes  of  consumers,  and  are  justly 
considered 


Atmore's  Mince  Meat  is  prepared  with  scrupulous  care,  from  the  very  choicest  ma- 
terials, and  is  all  ready  to  put  between  the  crusts  and  bake. 

Atmore's  English  Plum  Pudding  is  no  cheap  imitation,  but  the  genuine  article, 
made  from  a  recipe  which  has  been  handed  down  in  the  Atruore  family  from  good  King 
Arthur's  time. 

The  sale  of  these  articles  is  immense,  our  factory  turning  out  over  fifteen  tons  daily  in 
the  season,  and  they  are  popular  in  every  State  and  clime.  Our  factory  in  Philadelphia 
is  always  open  to  inspection,  and  visitors  from  New  England  are  cordially  invited  to  see 
the  preparation  of  our  goods  in  all  its  details. 

ATMORE  &  SON,  U1  South  Front  Street,  Philadelphia. 


JONES  &  EATON,  Wholesale  N.  E,  Agents,  58  Broad  St.,  BOSTON. 


If 


216  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

fast  as  it  forms.  The  fat  is  then  strained  through  bolting  cloth 
into  clean  stone  jars,  and  left  to  cool.  It  is  next  spread  upon  a 
circular  and  slightly  conical  stone  slab,  upon  which  rests  a  conical 
stone  roller,  the  smaller  end  at  the  centre  of  the  slab,  and  the 
larger  end  towards  the  circumference,  which  is  turned  by  suitable 
gearing.  As  the  roller  or  muller  revolves  over  the  fat,  cold 
water  is  allowed  to  trickle  upon  the  slab  at  its  apex,  and  this  as  it 
passes  to  the  margin,  dissolves  the  saline  impurities  remaining  in 
the  pomade,  and  carries  them  off  the  outer  edge.  After  this  the 
fat  is  heated  until  all  the  water  is  expelled  by  evaporation. 

During  this  last  melting,  about  two  and  one-half  ounces  of 
powdered  gum  benzoin  are  added,  and  as  the  scum  arises,  it  is 
removed.  "When  cold,  the  fat  is  very  white  and  pure,  and  may  be 
kept  for  an  indefinite  period  without  changing  or  turning  rancid  ; 
any  one  can  judge  from  this,  how  much  trouble  is  taken  with  pom- 
ades for  the  hair,  and  how  little  danger  there  is  of  their  contain- 
ing impurities  deleterious  to  its  growth  and  preservation.  This 
pomade  is  then  taken  to  the  next  floor  above  to  be  enfleured 
with  some  one  of  the  flowers  of  this  prolific  place. 

We  ascended  a  flight  of  stairs  and  here  we  saw  vast  numbers 
of  air-tight  frames  filled  with  pomades  which  were  being  en- 
fleured. This  process  of  procuring  the  perfumes  of  flowers  is  of 
all  others  the  most  important  to  perfumers. 

"The  odors  of  some  flowers  are  so  delicate  and  volatile,  that 
the  heat  applied  to  them  by  distillation  or  maceration,  would 
greatly  modify,  if  not  entirely  destroy  them,"  said  Jean.  "  This 
process  is  therefore  conducted  cold." 

We  noticed  that  the  frames  were  made  square,  about  one  inch 
deep,  two  feet  wide  and  three  feet  long,  with  glass  bottoms  ;  over 
the  glass  a  layer  of  the  purifiedfat  about  a  quarter  of  an  inch  thick  is 


ENFLEURAGE.  217 

spread,  with  a  plaster-knife  or  spatula ;  the  flowers  are  distributed 
on  a  fine  net  mounted  on  a  separate  frame.  This  net  is  intro- 
duced between  two  of  the  glass  frames.  The  whole  series  of 
frames  are  enclosed  in  an  air-tight  recess,  and  there  left  from 
twelve  to  twenty-four  hours,  and  all  that  is  required,  is  to  draw 
out  the  frames  every  morning  and  renew  the  flowers,  which  give 
their  aroma  to  the  two  surfaces  of  pomade  with  which  they  are 
in  contact.  This  method  was  invented  by  Mons.  D.  Semiria,  of 
Nice. 

The  same  result  is  accomplished  with  oils.  Coarse  cotton 
cloths  are  soaked  with  the  finest  olive  oil ;  these  cloths  are  laid 
upon  frames  made  of  wire  gauze,  in  lieu  of  glass,  and  a  net  with 
flowers  is  put  between,  the  same  as  for  the  pomades.  When  the 
oil  is  sufficiently  perfumed,  —  different  flowers,  according  to  their 
strength  or  delicacy,  requiring  a  more  or  less  number  of  renewals 
and  time,  —  the  cloths  are  subjected  to  a  great  pressure,  to  re- 
move the  perfumed  oil. 

A  great  variety  of  these  pomades  and  oils  are  made  here. 
Maceration  and  enfleurage  are  both  founded  on  the  affinity  which 
fragrant  molecules  have  for  fatty  bodies,  —  becoming  fixed  into 
them  more  readily  than  into  any  others.  Thus  the  aroma  of  the 
flowers  is  first  transferred  to  pomades  and  oils,  which  are  made 
afterwards  to  yield  it  to  absolute  alcohol,  whilst  the  latter,  if 
placed  in  direct  contact  with  the  flowers,  would  not  extract  it 
from  them. 

The  first  attempt  that  was  made  in  this  way,  some  two  hun- 
dred 3-ears  ago,  was  to  place  almonds  in  alternate  beds  with  fresh 
gathered  flowers,  renewing  the  flowers  several  days,  and  after- 
wards pounding  the  almonds  in  a  mortar,  and  pressing  out  the 
oil  which  had  absorbed  the  aroma.  The  same  process  we  had 


218  A  ROMANCE    OF    PEBFUME    LANDS. 

seen  used  in  India  by  natives  for  obtaining  perfumed  oils,  they, 
however,  using  benne,  gingelly,  or  sesamum  seeds  instead  of 
almonds. 

The  next  improvement  was  a  plain,  earthen  pan,  coated  inside 
with  a  thin  layer  of  grease,  strewing  the  flowers  on  the  grease,  and 
covering  it  over  with  another  pan  similarly  prepared.  After  re- 
newing the  flowers  several  times  during  a  few  da}*s,  the  grease 
was  found  to  have  stolen  their  scent.  This  process  was  aban- 
doned in  France  more  than  fifty  years  ago,  but  is  still  resorted  to 
by  Arabs,  who  were  probably  the  inventors  of  it,  the  only  differ- 
ence being  that  they  used  white  wax  mixed  with  grease,  on  ac- 
count of  the  heat  of  their  climate. 

' '  A  very  curious  pneumatic  apparatus  for  the  same  purpose  has 
been  invented  by  M.  Piver,  an  eminent  Parisian  perfumer,  who 
submitted  a  plan  of  it  to  the  jury  of  the  last  Exhibition,"  said 
Mr.  Fielding.  "  It  consists  of  a  series  of  perforated  plates  sup- 
porting flowers  alternately  with  sheets  of  glass  overlayed  with 
pomade,  in  a  chamber,  through  which  a  current  of  air  is  made  to 
pass  several  times  until  all  the  scent  of  the  flowers  becomes  fixed 
into  the  pomade. 

"  There  is  also  a  no  less  remarkable  invention  of  a  M.  Millon, 
a  French  chemist,  who  found  means  to  extract  the  aroma  of 
flowers  by  placing  them  in  a  percolating  apparatus,  and  pouring 
over  them  ether  or  sulphuret  of  carbon,  which  is  drawn  off  a  few 
minutes  after,  and  carries  with  it  all  the  fragrant  molecules.  It 
is  afterwards  distilled  to  dryness,  and  the  result  obtained  is  a 
solid,  waxy  mass,  possessing  the  perfume  of  the  flowers  in  its 
purest  and  most  concentrated  form.  The  process,  although  in- 
genious, has  not  received  any  practical  application  as  3*et,  owing 
to  the  expense  attending  it,  some  of  these  concrete  essences 


ENFLEUEAGE.  219 

costing  as  much  as  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  an  ounce. 
It  has,  however,  served  to  prove  the  total  imponderability  of  fra- 
grant molecules,  for  although  this  substance,  from  its  high  state 
of  concentration,  appears  at  first  sight  to  be  the  solidified  princi- 
ple of  scent,  if  it  be  treated  several  times  successively  with  alco- 
hol it  gradually  loses  all  its  perfume,  the  alcohol  receiving  it,  and 
yet  the  residue  is  found  not  to  have  lost  one  atom  of  its 
weight." 

During  the  morning  quite  a  number  of  cottagers  had  brought 
in  their  small  lots  of  jasmin  flowers,  so  we  saw  them  placed  be- 
tween the  two  frames  of  pomade.  The  cultivation  of  the  jasmin 
is  very  extensive  here,  and  more  so  at  Cannes  du  Department  du 
Var,  a  short  distance  from  here,  where  is  situated  the  well-known 
Laboratoire  pour  le  Travail  des  Fleurs  et  des  Ottos  de  Lubin, 
which  we  wished  to  visit,  but  thought  we  could  not  spare  the  time. 
The  cultivated  jasmin  differs  from  the  common  jasmin,  inasmuch 
as  the  blossoms  are  four  times  the  size  of  the  wild  jasmin ;  the 
plant  also  grows  more  like  a  small  bush,  and,  not  being  a  creeper, 
requires  no  support. 

Susie  called  the  cultivated  jasmin,  "  Jasminum  Qrandiflora" 

Its  growth  and  cultivation  resemble  very  much  that  of  English 
lavander.  From  the  odors  already  known>  we  may  produce,  by 
uniting  them  in  proper  proportion,  the  smell  of  almost  any  flower, 
except  jasmin. 

The  late,  lamented  Charles  Dickens,  seeing  this  statement,  says 
iu  Household  Words,  July  third,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty- 
seven :  "Is  jasmin,  then,  the  mystical  Meru  —  the  centre,  the 
Delphi,  the  Omphalos  of  the  Floral  World?  Is  it  the  point 
of  departure  —  the  one  unapproachable  and  indivisible  unit  of 
fragrance?  Is  jasmin  the  Isis  of  flowers,  with  veiled  face  and 


220  A   ROMANCE    OF   PEEFUME    LANDS. 

covered  feet,  to  be  loved  of  all,  yet  discovered  by  none  ?  Beau- 
tiful jasmin !  If  it  be  so,  the  rose  ought  to  be  dethroned,  and 
the  inimitable  enthroned  queen  in  her  stead.  Revolutions  and 
abdications  are  exciting  sports ;  suppose  we  create  a  civil  war 
among  the  gardens,  and  crown  the  jasmin  empress  and  queen  of 
all." 

The  jasmin  is  one  of  the  flowers  most  prized  by  the  perfumer. 
Its  odor  is  delicate  and  sweet,  and  so  peculiar  that  it  is  without 
comparison,  and  as  such  cannot  be  imitated.  When  the  jasmins 
are  distilled,  repeatedly  using  the  water  of  distillation  over  fresh 
flowers,  the  Otto  of  Jasmin  may  be  procured.  It  is,  however,  ex- 
ceedingly rare,  on  account  of  the  enormous  cost  of  production. 
Mr.  Fielding  showed  us  a  fine  sample,  but  would  not  sell  it,  the 
cost  of  it  being  fifty  dollars  per  fluid  ounce.  The  plant  is  the 
Yasmyn  of  the  Arabs,  from  which  the  name  we  call  it  is  de- 
rived. 

We  retraced  our  steps,  and  when  we  arrived  at  the  house,  we 
found  dinner  awaiting  us.  Having  concluded  to  return  to  Nice 
the  next  day,  the  afternoon  and  evening  were  spent  at  the  home 
of  Jean's  father. 

In  the  morning,  when  we  set  out  on  our  return,  we  bid  Mons. 
Souplesse  and  Millie  Stanley  good-bye,  inducing  Millie  to  prom- 
ise, when  she  visited  Boston,  to  come  directly  to  us.  Jean  held 
her  hand  as  if  loth  to  relinquish  it,  when  bidding  her  adieu,  and 
I  am  inclined  to  the  belief,  would  like  to  have  repeated  that  in- 
troductory kissing  operation,  but  she  shyly  drew  her  hand  away, 
and  thanked  us  for  the  interest  we  exhibited  in  her  welfare. 

As  we  passed  from  sight,  we  raised  our  hats  to  them,  and  they 
Kaved  their  handkerchiefs  as  a  farewell  to  us. 

We  reached  the  Cynthia  on  the  following  morning,  and  steaming 


ENFLEUBAGB.  221 

towards  the  open  sea,  proceeded  leisurely  on  our  way  back  to 
our  lost  course,  stopping  first  at  Constantinople  on  our  passage 
to  Adrianople,  which  place  Jean  and  I  expressed  a  wish  to  visit, 
to  inspect  the  Rose  Farms  of  the  World. 


CHAPTER   XXVI. 

THE    QUEEN    OF    FLOWERS. 

A  T  about  six  o'clock  one  morning  soon  after  leaving  Nice, 
•*-*-  we  came  to  the  guardian  rocks  of  the  S3'mplegades,  the 
lighthouse,  and  the  mouth  of  the  Bosphorus,  and  then  between 
the  guns  of  the  alternating  fortresses,  the  lines  of  the  Turkish 
men-of-war,  the  villas  of  the  embassies,  the  palaces  of  the  sul- 
tans, the  terraced  treillages,  and  the  cypress  groves,  we  ran 
rapidly  down  these  famous  straits  of  Europe  and  Asia,  and 
shortly  disembarked.  Brad  was  to  run  around  to  Varna  to  take 
in  coal  while  we  were  visiting. 

Proceeding  through  the  narrow,  squalid,  rugged,  and  steep 
streets,  threading  our  way  among  mangy  dogs,  and  no  less 
so  swarms  of  human  kind,  we  sought  conveyance  to  Adrianople. 

Adrianople  opened  upon  us  in  a  most  striking  manner,  and  at 
every  step  of  our  approach,  grew  more  attractive  to  us.  Groves 
of  plane  and  cypress,  and  terraces  of  vines  and  fig  trees  sur- 
rounded the  white  minarets.  As  we  rode  in,  under  a  most 
glowing  sunset  in  the  customary  sky  of  Asia  Minor,  while  the 
vivid  green  of  the  trees  of  mulberry  and  the  dark  hue  of  the  cyp- 
ress were  blending  themselves  under  the  radiant  azure  of  the 
sky,  and  the  cliffs  growing  rosier  every  moment  beneath  the  part- 


THE   QUEEN   OF    FLOWERS.  223 

ing  ray,  the  effect  was  very  magical,  thoroughly  Eastern,  and  very 
oeautiful. 

We  waited  till  morning  to  visit  the  places  of  note,  and  starting 
at  sunrise,  we  made  our  way  to  the  Rose  Gardens,  where  we 
were  greeted  by  such  beauty  and  fragrance  as  no  language  can 
describe.  What  would  j*ou  think  of  viewing  a  rose  garden  of 
twelve  thousand  acres?  Yet  such  are  the  rose  fields  of  Adriano- 
ple,  extending  over  twelve  to  fourteen  thousand  acres,  the  chief 
source  of  wealth  in  this  district.  These  beautiful  flowers  are  not 
cultivated  merely  for  the  pleasure  of  looking  at  them,  or  inhaling 
their  rare  fragrance,  but  for  the  manufacture  of  the  famous  Otto 
of  Roses.  The  vast  plain  was  literally  covered  with  flowers,  and 
the  whole  air  redolent  with  their  odor. 

Hundreds  of  Bulgarian  boys  and  girls  were  gathering  the  sweet 
blooms  in  huge  baskets  or  sacks,  while  they  enlivened  the  scene 
with  songs  and  laughter.  These  sacks  of  rose  petals  were  taken 
to  the  manufactory,  to  which  we  betook  ourselves ;  the  rose 
petals  were  there  put  into  a  still  with  an  equal  quantity  of  water, 
then  distilled,  after  which  the  roses  are  taken  out  of  the  boiler, 
and  the  product  of  the  first  distilling  is  put  in  and  redistilled ; 
this  second  product  of  the  alembic  gives  the  otto  of  roses,  it  ris- 
ing and  floating  upon  the  water,  whence  it  is  separated ;  the  water 
remaining  is  the  pure  rose-water  of  commerce. 

After  we  had  seen  the  above  process,  Susie  turned,  and  look- 
ing through  a  window  out  upon  the  garden,  thus  soliloquized, 
quoting  Byron :  — 

'•  Know  ye  the  land  of  the  cedar  and  vine, 
Where  the  flowers  ever  blossom,  the  beams  ever  shine; 
Where  the  light  wings  of  Zephyr,  oppress'd  with  perfume, 
Wax  faint  o'er  the  gardens  of  Gul  in  her  bloom ! 


224  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

Where  the  citron  and  olive  are  fairest  of  fruit, 
And  the  voice  of  the  nightingale  never  is  mute. 
******* 
•  Tis  the  clime  of  the  East,  'tis  the  land  of  the  Sun." 

"Luxuries  are  only  sought  and  enjoyed  by  people  living  in  a 
high  state  of  refinement,"  said  Jean.  "  "When  the  Roman  Empire 
of  the  West  crumbled  beneath  the  attacks  of  a  horde  of  barbari- 
ans, who  invaded  its  fertile  plains,  and  laid  waste  its  magnificent 
cities,  the  arts  of  civilization,  which  they  were  unable  to  appreci- 
ate, took  refuge  in  the  Eastern  metropolis,  where  they  had  been 
cultivated  since  the  days  of  Constantino  the  Great.  Perfumery 
by  them  was  ranked  among  the  arts,  and  the  Greek  emperors  and 
their  court  showed  for  aromatics  a  fondness  at  least  equal  to  that 
which  had  been  displayed  by  their  "Western  predecessors,  for  hav- 
ing at  their  command  all  the  fragrant  treasures  of  the  East,  they 
made  a  lavish  use  of  them  in  private  life,  and  in  all  their  public 
festivals  perfumes  were  made  to  play  an  important  part. 

"  Nor  were  the}r  confined  to  unhallowed  purposes,  for  the  Orien- 
tal Church  had  likewise  introduced  them  into  all  their  religious 
ceremonies,  and  their  consumption  was  so  great  at  one  time  that 
the  priests  purchased  in  Syria,  a  piece  of  ground,  ten  miles  square, 
and  planted  it  with  frankincense  trees  for  their  own  special  re- 
quirements. After  several  centuries  of  glory  and  splendor,  the 
Eastern  Empire,  torn  by  religious  dissentions,  was  doomed  in  its 
turn  to  fall  under  the  aggressions  of  its  enemies,  and  although  it 
struggled  many  years  against  the  followers  of  Mahomet,  the 
Crescent  succeeded  at  last  in  displacing  the  Cross  on  the  proud 
domes  of  Constantinople.  In  this  instance,  however,  the  con- 
querors were  nearly  as  polished  as  the  vanquished.  If  their  re- 
ligion, by  forbidding  them  to  delineate  the  form  of  man  in  any 


THE   QUEEN   OF   FLOWERS.  225 

way,  had  checked  their  progress  in  art,  it  offered  no  impediment 
to  the  pursuit  of  science,  and  they  had  already  attained  considera- 
ble proficiency  in  many  of  its  important  branches.  We  are  in- 
deed indebted  to  the  Arabs  for  many  valuable  discoveries  in  the 
field  of  knowledge,  and  these  children  of  the  desert  may  well  be 
called  the  connecting  link  between  ancient  and  modern  civiliza- 
tion." 

"  Avicenna,  an  Arabian  doctor  who  flourished  in  the  tenth  cen- 
tuiy ,  was  the  first  to  study  and  apply  the  principles  of  chemistry, 
which  were  but  imperfectly  known  to  the  ancients,  was  he  not, 
Jean?"  I  asked. 

"Yes,  sir.  He  was  an  extraordinary  man.  In  a  wandering 
life  of  fifty-eight  years,  he  found  time  to  write  nearly  one  hundred 
volumes,  twenty  of  which  were  Encyclopedias  of  general  informa- 
tion. He  is  said  to  have  invented  the  art  of  extracting  the  aro- 
matic or  medicinal  principles  of  plants  and  flowers  by  means  of 
distillation.  Perfumes  had  for  many  }*ears  been  known  and  used 
by  his  countrymen,  and  long  before  Mahomet's  time,  Musa,  one 
of  the  chief  cities  of  Arabia  Felix,  was  a  celebrated  emporium  for 
frankincense,  myrrh,  and  other  aromatic  gums;  but  hitherto  the 
far-famed  '  perfumes  of  Araby  the  blest '  had  merely  consisted  in 
scented  resins  and  spices.  The  floral  world,  so  rich  and  fragrant 
in  these  favored  climes,  had  not  yet  been  made  to  yield  its  sweet, 
but  evanescent  treasures. 

' '  To  Doctor  Avicenna  belongs  the  merit  of  saving  their  volatile 
aroma  from  destruction,  and  rendering  it  permanent  by  means  of 
distillation.  The  Orientals  alwaj's  exhibited  for  the  rose  a  par« 
tiality  almost  equal  to  that  of  the  nightingale,  which  dwells  con- 
stantly among  its  sweet  bowers.  It  was,  therefore,  on  that  flower 
that  Doctor  Avicenna  made  his  first  experiments,  selecting  the 


226  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

most  fragrant  of  the  species,  the  same  that  you  now  see  so  exten- 
sively cultivated." 

"  The  Eosa  centifolia"  said  Susie. 

"Or,  as  the  Arabs  call  it,  Gul  sad  berk"  said  Jean.  "This 
queen  of  the  garden  loses  not  its  diadem  in  the  perfuming  world, 
but  the  rose-bearing  shrubs  of  our  colder  climate,  cannot  compare 
with  these  huge  rose-trees  of  the  East." 

Jean  spoke  truly,  for  the  roses  in  this  garden  grew  not  on 
bushes,  but  on  trees,  which  were  from  twelve  to  twenty  feet  high, 
and  the  wide  spreading  branches  were  loaded  with  thousands  of 
buds  and  blossoms  in  all  degrees  of  advancement,  while  sweet  sing- 
ing birds  hopped  from  bough  to  bough,  and  uttered  their  melodi- 
ous notes.  We  scarce  knew  which  to  admire,  the  fragrance  of 
the  thousand  flowers,  or  the  merry  carols  of  the  dainty,  many- 
tinted  songsters. 

"We  do  not  have  quite  so  large  rose  gardens  in  Grasse  or 
Nice,  if  you  remember,"  said  Jean,  "  but  still  they  are  quite  ex- 
tensive. The  otto  of  roses  which  they  manufacture  there  by  dis- 
tillation of  the  Provence  rose,  has  a  very  characteristic  fragrance, 
imparted  to  it,  I  believe,  by  the  bees,  which  carry  the  pollen  of  the 
orange  blossoms,  so  numerous  there,  into  the  rosebuds.  The 
French  otto  is  richer  in  stereopten  than  this  Turkish  otto ;  an 
ounce  and  a  half  will  crystallize  in  a  gallon  of  alcohol,  at  the 
same  temperature  that  it  requires  for  three  ounces  of  the  best 
Turkish  otto  to  do  the  same." 

Our  guide  informed  us  that  "otto  from  different  districts 
slightly  varies  in  odor,  and  that  many  places  furnish  an  otto 
which  solidifies  more  readily  than  others,  and  therefore  it  is  not 
a  sure  test  of  purity,  though  many  consider  it  such." 

"  Jf  I  have  any  otto  of  rose  that  I  think  is  adulterated,  1  place 


THE    QUEEN   OF   FLOWERS.  227 

the  si  spected  otto  in  watch-glasses,  under  a  bell  glass,  along 
with  a  capsule  of  iodine,"  said  Jean.  "The  vapors  of  iodine, 
after  some  hours,  condense,  and  form  a  brown  areola  upon  the 
otto  if  it  is  adulterated,  but  does  not  change  its  color  if  the  otto 
is  pure.  On  exposure  to  the  air,  the  iodine  volatilizes,  but  the 
color  in  either  case  remains  fixed." 

Our  interpreter  told  us,  that  "  the  cultivators  of  the  rose  in 
Turkey,  are  principally  the  Christian  inhabitants  of  the  low  coun- 
ties of  the  Balkan,  between  Selimno  and  Carloya  as  far  as  Phil- 
lippopolis  in  Bulgaria,  about  two  hundred  miles  from  Constanti- 
nople. If  the  spring  is  cool,  and  the  fall  of  dew  plentiful,  the 
crops  prosper,  and  an  abundant  yield  of  otto  is  secured.  In  good 
seasons  this  district  yields  sevent}r-five  thousand  ounces,  but  in 
bad  seasons  onljr  twenty  thousand  to  thirty  thousand  ounces  of 
otto  are  obtained.  The  important  thing  is  to  collect  the  roses  at 
daybreak,  before  the  sun  strikes  on  them ;  otherwise  they  will 
not  yield  so  much.  It  is  estimated  that  it  requires  at  least  six- 
teen thousand  of  these  large  rose  blooms  to  yield  one  ounce  of 
otto.  There  are  also  very  extensive  rose  farms  at  Broussa  and  at 
Uslak,  in  Turkey  in  Asia,  and  also  at  Ghazepore  in  India,  as  I 
suppose  j'ou  know." 

"  Yes,"  Jean  replied,  and  then  said  that,  "roses  were  also 
cultivated  to  a  large  extent  in  England,  near  Mitcham,  for  per- 
fumers to  use  in  making  rosewater.  In  the  season  when  succes- 
sive crops  can  be  obtained,  which  is  about  the  end  of  June,  or  the 
early  part  of  July,  they  arc  gathered  as  soon  as  the  dew  is  off, 
and  sent  to  London  in  sacks.  When  they  arrive,  they  are  im- 
mediately spread  out  upon  a  cool  floor,  otherwise  if  left  in  bulk, 
they  would  heat  to  such  an  extent  in  two  or  three  hours  as  to  be 
useless.  There  is  no  organic  matter  which  so  rapidly  absorbs 


228  A.   ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

oxygen,  and  becomes  heated  spontaneously,  as  a  mass  of  freshly 
gathered  rose  leaves.  To  preserve,  the  London  perfumers  immed- 
iately pickle  them ;  to  every  bushel  of  leaves,  weighing  about  six 
pounds,  one  pound  of  common  salt  is  added,  and  thoroughly 
rubbed  in.  The  salt  absorbs  the  water  existing  in  the  petals,  and 
rapidly  becomes  brine,  reducing  the  whole  to  a  pasty  mass,  which 
is  finally  packed  in  casks.  In  that  way  they  can  be  kept  any 
length  of  time  without  the  fragrance  being  seriously  injured. 
From  these  pickled  roses,  a  good  rosewater  is  made  by  distilla- 
tion, but  not  like  the  residue  product  of  the  distillation  of  roses 
for  the  otto.  This  has  a  richness  of  aroma  which  appears  to  be 
inimitable  with  English  grown  roses." 

"•Of  course  Doctor  A vicenna  succeeded  in  his  experiments?" 
asked  my  wife  of  Jean,  "or  else  we  should  probably  never  had 
any  otto  of  roses." 

"  Yes,  madam,"  answered  Jean.  "  He  succeeded  by  his  dex- 
terous operations  in  producing  this  delicious  liquid  known  as  rose- 
water,  the  formula  for  which  is  to  be  found  in  his  works,  and  in 
those  of  the  succeeding  Arabian  writers  on  chemistry.  It  soon 
came  into  general  use,  and  appears  to  have  been  manufactured  in 
large  quantities,  if  we  are  to  believe  the  historians,  who  tell  us 
that  when  Saladin  entered  Jerusalem  in  1187,  he  had  the  floor 
and  walls  of  Omar's  mosque  entirely  washed  with  it." 

"  I  have  heard  of  another  authority  stating,"  said  Susie,  "  that 
otto  of  roses  was  first  discovered  by  Noorjeehan  Begum,  Light 
of  the  World,  the  favorite  wife  of  Jehan-Geer,  who  was  once 
walking  in  her  garden,  through  which  ran  a  canal  of  rosewater, 
when  she  noticed  some  oily  particles  floating  on  the  surface. 
These  were  collected,  and  their  aroma  found  to  be  so  delicious, 
that  means  were  devised  to  produce  the  precious  essence." 


THE     QUEEN    OF    FLOWERS.  229 

"  So  ancient  is  the  custom  of  using  fragrant  waters,"  I  re- 
marked, "  that  one  of  the  oldest  authors  repeatedly  mentions  it. 
In  the  Arabian  Nights,  written  prior  to  the  Christian  era,  in  the 
stoiy  of  Aboulhassan,  the  following  passage  appears  :  — '  when  the 
prince  of  Persia  visited  the  queen,  and  he  had  partaken  of  refresh- 
ments, the  slaves  brought  him  golden  basins  filled  with  odorifer- 
ous water  to  wash  in,  and  that  after  the  declaration  of  love  by 
the  queen  and  the  prince,  they  both  fainted,  but  were  brought 
to  themselves  again  by  throwing  odoriferous  waters  upon  their 
faces,  and  by  giving  them  things  to  smell.'  " 

"  Rosewater  is  still  held  in  high  repute  here,"  said  Jean,  "  and 
when  a  stranger  enters  a  house,  the  most  grateful  token  of  wel- 
come which  can  be  offered  to  him  is  to  sprinkle  him  over  with 
rosewater,  which  is  done  by  means  of  a  vessel  with  a  narrow 
spout,  called  gulabdan.  There  is  one  over  there  on  a  bench,  also 
an  Arabian  censer,  —  let  us  go  and  examine  them." 

We  crossed  to  the  place  where  they  were.  The  "  censer,"  and 
"  gulabdan,  or  casting-bottle,"  —  as  it  was  called  in  England  two 
or  three  centuries  back,  —  are  made  either  of  glass  or  earthenware, 
for  use  by  the  medium  classes  living  in  ordinary  houses ;  but 
among  the  wealthy  both  this  and  censers  are  made  of  gold  or 'sil- 
ver, richly  chased  or  ornamented.  On  the  walls  of  every  Temple 
in  Egj~pt,  from  Meroe  to  Memphis,  the  censer  is  depicted  smok- 
ing before  the  presiding  deity  of  the  place,  on  the  walls  of  the 
tombs  glow  in  bright  colors  the  preparation  of  spices  and  per- 
fumes. 

"In  the  British  Museum,"  remarked  Jean,  "there  is  a  vase 
No.  2,595,  the  body  of  which  is  intended  to  contain  a  lamp,  the 
sides  being  perforated  to  admit  the  heat  from  the  flame  to  act 
upon  the  projecting  tubes,  which  are  viaducts  of  vases  containing 


230  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

ottos  of  flowers  ;  the  heat  volatilizes  the  ottos  as  fast  as  it  reaches 
the  outer  end,  and  quickly  perfumes  an  apartment.  This  vase  or 
censer  is  from  an  Egj-ptian  catacomb.  Niebuhr,  in  his  '  Descrip- 
tion of  Arabia,'  makes  mention  of  the  habit  of  throwing  rose- 
water  on  visitors  as  a  mark  of  honor,  and  says,  '  It  is  somewhat 
amusing  to  witness  the  discomfited  and  even  angry  looks  with 
which  foreigners  are  wont  to  receive  these  unexpected  aspersions. 
The  ceiiser  is  also  generally  brought  in  afterwards,  and  its  fra- 
grant smoke  directed  towards  the  beards  and  garments  of  the 
visitors,  this  ceremony  being  considered  as  a  gentle  hint  that  it 
is  time  to  bring  the  visit  to  an  end.' " 

The  censer  as  used  in  "  holy  places,"  is  made  either  of  brass, 
German  silver,  or  precious  metals,  the  upper  part  being  perfo- 
rated to  allow  the  escape  of  the  perfume.  The  word  "  perfume" 
is  derived  from  the  Latin  per  fumus,  by  smoke,  because  the  first 
perfumes  used  were  composed  principally  of  vegetable  matter,  and 
when  set  on  fire,  burned  with  a  visible  vapor. 

In  the  outer  vessel  is  placed  an  inner  one  of  copper,  which  can 
be  taken  out  and  filled  with  ignited  charcoal.  When  in  use,  the 
ignited  carbon  is  placed  in  the  censer,  and  is  then  covered  with 
the  incense  ;  this  rapidly  volatilizes  it  in  visible  fumes,  the  effect 
being  assisted  by  the  incense-bearer  swinging  the  censer,  sus- 
pended from  a  handle  by  three  long  chains.  The  manner  of 
swinging  the  censer  varies  slightly  in  Rome,  in  France,  and  in 
England,  some  holding  it  above  the  head.  At  La  Madeleine, 
the  method  is  alwaj-s  to  give  the  censer  a  full  swing  at  the  great- 
est length  of  the  chains  with  the  right  hand,  and  catch  it  up  short 
with  the  left  hand. 

Censers  of  various  styles  and  methods  of  operation  have  been 
devised  of  late  years,  —  the  Magic  Perfumer,  or  red-hot  star 


THE   QUEEN   OF   FLOWEBS.  231 

apparatus,  described  in  a  preceding  chapter,  which  Jeat  nad  us 
construct  to  frighten  the  Maoris ;  another  operates  by  having  a 
covered  dish  perforated  at  the  top,  in  which  is  placed  an  equal 
quantity  each  of  any  desired  extract  and  water ;  underneath  is  a 
small  lamp  in  which  alcohol  is  burned ;  the  heat  of  the  burning 
alcohol  makes  steam  of  the  water,  which  takes  up  the  perfume 
and  carries  it  through  the  perforated  top  out  into  the  air.  This 
censer  gives  a  soft  mellow  tone  to  the  perfume  ;  and  there  is  still 
another,  operated  in  a  similar  manner,  the  steam  being  driven 
through  an  atomizing  tube,  drawing  the  extract  from  a  small  re- 
ceptacle, and  discharging  it  in  the  form  of  spray  ;  these  atomiz- 
ing machines  are  also  made  smaller,  and  are  operated  by  hand 
pressure  on  a  rubber  bulb  arranged  with  suitable  valves,  and  are, 
for  all  ordinary  purposes,  the  best  censers.  The  latest  introduced 
censer,  is  one  operated  by  a  small  bellows  run  by  clock  work, 
and  consists  of  two  bowls,  one  within  the  other,  the  inner  one 
holding  ground  bark,  pastilles  or  incense,  which  is  lighted  and 
the  machinery  set  in  motion ;  it  draws  the  odoriferous  fumes  of 
the  perfume,  down  through  a  tube  and  expels  it  into  tho  outer 
bowl,  and  it  arises  into  the  air ;  this  operation  keeps  the  incense 
ignited,  and  uses  up  every  atom. 

Jean  stated  that,  "  Mahomet,  who  was  a  keen  observer  of  hu- 
man nature,  founded  his  religion  on  the  enjoyment  of  all  material 
pleasures,  well  knowing  that  was  the  best  means  of  securing  the 
adhesion  of  his  sensual  counts-men ;  he  had  forbidden  the  use  of 
wine,  but  simply  because  he  feared  the  dangerous  excesses  to 
which  it  gave  rise,  and  knew  how  man}T  crimes  were  committed  when 
people  were  under  its  influence.  The  indulgence  in  perfumes  was 
one,  on  the  contrary,  he  liked  to  encourage,  for  they  assisted  in 
producing  in  his  adepts  a  state  of  religiou-  ecstasy  favorable  to 


232  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

his  cause.  He  professed,  himself,  a  great  fondness  for  them,  say- 
ing that  what  his  heart  enjoyed  most  in  this  world,  were  women, 
children,  and  perfumes,  and  among  the  man}*  delights  promised 
to  the  true  believers  in  the  Djennet  Firdons,  or  Garden  of  Para- 
dise, perfumes  formed  a  conspicuous  part,  as  you  see  from  these 
quotations  I  remember  to  have  seen,  taken  from  the  Koran :  — 
'  When  the  day  of  judgment  comes,  all  men  will  be  obliged  to 
cross  a  bridge  called  Al  Sirat,  which  is  finer  than  a  hair,  and 
sharper  than  the  edge  of  a  Damascus  blade.  This  bridge  is  laid 
over  the  infernal  regions,  and  however  dangerous  and  difficult 
this  transit  may  appear,  the  righteous,  upheld  and  guided  by  the 
prophet,  will  easily  accomplish  it ;  but  the  wicked,  deprived  of 
all  assistance,  will  slip  and  fall  into  the  abyss  below,  which  is 
gaping  to  receive  them.' 

"  After  having  passed  this  first  stage,  the  'right  hand  men,' 
—  as  the  Koran  calls  them,  — '  will  refresh  themselves  by  drink- 
ing at  the  pond  of  Al  Cawthar,  the  waters  of  which  are  whiter 
than  milk  or  silver,  and  more  odoriferous  than  musk.  They  will 
find  there,  as  -many  drinking  cups  as  there  are  stars  in  the  firma- 
ment, and  their  thirst  will  be  quenched  forever. 

"  '  They  at  last  will  penetrate  into  Paradise,  which  is  situated 
in  the  seventh  heaven,  under  the  throne  of  God.  The  ground  of 
this  enchanting  place  is  composed  of  pure  wheaten  flour  mixed 
with  musk  and  saffron ;  its  stones  are  pearl  and  hyacinth-zicon, 
and  its  palaces  built  of  gold  and  silver.  In  the  centre  stands  the 
marvellous  tree  called  tuba,  which  is  so  large  that  a  man  mounted 
on  the  fleetest  horse  could  not  ride  round  its  branches  in  one  hun- 
dred years.  This  tree  not  only  affords  the  most  grateful  shade 
over  the  whole  extent  of  Paradise,  but  its  boughs  are  loaded  with 
delicious  fruit  of  a  size  and  taste  unknown  to  mortals,  and  bend 


THE   QUEEN   OF   FLOWERS.  233 

themselves  at  the  wish  of  the  blessed  inhabitants  of  this  happy 
abode.' " 

"As  an  abundance  of  water  is  one  of  the  greatest  desiderata 
in  the  East,  the  Koran  often  speaks  of  the  rivers  of  Paradise  as 
one  of  its  chief  ornaments.  All  those  rivers  take  their  rise  from 
the  tree  tuba  ;  some  flow  with  water,  some  with  milk,  some  with 
hone}7,  and  others  even  with  wine,  this  liquor  not  being  forbidden 
to  the  blessed.  '  Of  all  the  attractions,  however,  of  these  realms 
of  bliss,  none  will  equal  their  fair  inhabitants,  —  the  blackeyed 
houris,  —  who  will  welcome  the  brave  to  their  bowers,  waving  per- 
fumed scarfs  before  them,  and  repaying  with  smiles  and  bland- 
ishments all  their  toils  and  fatigues.  These  beauteous  nymphs 
will  be  perfection  itself  in  every  sense :  they  will  not  be  created 
of  our  own  mortal  clay,  but  of  pure  musk.'  " 

I  said  that  I  doubted  if  the  prospect  of  inhabiting  a  place 
with  a  soil  of  musk,  peopled  with  ladies  composed  of  the  same 
material,  would  prove  a  great  allurement  to  Americans  or  Euro- 
peans. But  in  the  Oriental  East,  tastes  are  different ;  and  it  is  a 
singular  fact  that  the  warmer  a  country  is,  the  greater  is  the 
taste  for  strong  perfumes,  although  one  would  suppose  that  the 
heat,  developing  to  the  utmost  such  powerful  aromas,  would  ren- 
der them  actually  unbearable. 

As  an  instance  of  the  fondness  which  the  Orientals  exhibit  for 
musk,  Evila  Effendi  relates  that  in  Kara  Amed,  the  capital  of 
Diarbekr,  there  is  a  mosque  called  Iparie,  built  by  a  merchant, 
and  so  called  because  there  was  mixed  with  the  mortar  used  in 
its  construction  seventy  juks  of  musk,  which  constantly  perfume 
the  temple.  The  same  author  describes  the  mosque  of  Zobaide, 
at  Tauris,  as  being  constructed  in  a  similar  way  ;  and  as  musk  is 
the  most  durable  of  all  perfumes,  the  walls  still  continue  giving 


234  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

out  the  most  powerful  scent,  especially  when  the  rays  of  the  sun 
strike  upon  them.  Many  of  Mahomet's  prescriptions  were  of  a 
sanitary  nature,  and  in  order  to  insure  their  observance  by  his 
superstitious  followers  he  gave  them,  like  Moses,  the  form  of  re- 
ligious laws.  Such  were  the  ablutions  and  purifications  ordained 
by  the  Koran.  All  true  believers  are  strictly  enjoined  to  wash 
their  heads,  their  hands  and  arms  as  far  as  the  elbows,  and  their 
feet  and  legs  as  far  as  the  knees,  before  saying  their  praj-ers,  and 
when  water  is  not  to  be  procured,  fine  sand  is  to  be  used  as  a 
substitute. 

When  the  Turks  settled  themselves  in  the  Greek  Empire,  they 
did  not  rest  satisfied  with  these  limited  ablutions,  but  soon  adop- 
ted the  luxurious  sj'stem  of  baths,  which  they  found  already  es- 
tablished in  the  conquered  cities.  These  Turkish  Baths  have 
often  been  fully  described,  and  have  been  introduced  into  all  the 
large  cities  of  America  and  Europe,  and  although  what  we  are 
offered  is  but  a  poor  imitation  of  the  magnificence  of  the  palaces 
devoted  to  the  purpose  in  the  East,  yet  the  method  of  operation  is 
the  same. 

As  the  rose  is  the  favorite  flower  of  the  Orientals,  the  beauty 
of  its  aspect,  and  the  sweetness  of  its  perfume,  are  favorite  themes 
for  their  poets.  The  finest  poem  that  ever  was  written  in  the 
Persian  language,  the  "  Gulistan,"  meaning  the  garden  of  roses, 
which  Sadi,  its  author,  with  the  naive  conceit  of  Eastern  writers 
thus  explains  his  motives  for  giving  that  name  to  his  work  :  "  On 
the  fii-st  clay  of  the  month  of  Urdabihisht  (May),  I  resolved 
with  a  friend  to  pass  the  night  in  my  garden.  The  ground  was 
enamelled  with  llovvers,  the  sky  was  lighted  with  brilliant  stars ; 
the  nightingale  sang  its  sweet  melodies  perched  on  the  highest 
branches ;  the  dew-drops  hung  on  the  rose  like  tears  on  the  cheek 


THE    QUEEN    OF    FLOWERS.  235 

of  an  angry  beaut}' ;  the  parterre  was  covered  with  hyacinths  of 
a  thousand  hues,  among  which  meandered  a  limpid  stream. 
When  morning  came  my  friend  gathered  roses,  basilisks,  and  h}-- 
acinths,  and  placed  them  in  the  folds  of  his  garments  ;  but  I  said 
to  him, 

"'Throw  these  awajr,  for  I  am  going  to  compose  a  Gulistaii 
(garden  of  roses) ,  which  will  last  for  eternity,  whilst  your  flow- 
ers will  live  but  a  da}-.' " 

Hafiz,  another  renowned  Persian  poet,  was  also  a  great  admirer 
of  perfumes  and  flowers,  which  are  constantly  occurring  in  his 
verses,  and  furnish  him  with  most  charming  similes.  Addressing 
his  mistress  in  one  of  his  Gazels,  he  exclaims : 


44  Like  the  bloom  of  the  rose,  when  fresh  pluck'd  and  full  blown, 

Sweetly  soft  is  thy  nature  and  air; 
Like  the  beautiful  cypress  In  Paradise  grown, 
Thou  art  every  way  charming  and  fair. 

When  my  mind  dwells  on  thee,  what  a  lustre  assume 

All  objects  which  fancy  presents  I 
On  my  memory,  thy  locks,  leave  a  grateful  perfume, 

Far  more  fragrant  than  jasmin's  sweet  scents." 

The  taste  for  perfumes  has  in  no  wise  diminished  among  mod- 
ern Orientals ;  it  has,  on  the  contrary,  been  constantly  increas- 
ing, and  now  pervades  all  classes,  who  seek  to  gratify  it  to  their 
utmost,  according  to  their  means.  It  is  principally  cultivated 
among  ladies  who,  caring  little  or  nothing  for  mental  acquire- 
ments, and  debarred  from  societj-,  are  driven  to  resort  to  such 
sensual  enjoyments  as  their  secluded  mode  of  life  will  afford. 
They  love  to  be  in  an  atmosphere  redolent  with  fragrant  odors, 
that  keep  them  in  a  state  of  dreamy  languor,  which  is  for  them 


236  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

the  nearest  approach  to  happiness.  Sounini  in  his  Travels  in 
Egypt,  says, 

"  There  is  no  part  of  the  world  where  the  women  pay  a  more 
rigid  attention  to  cleanliness,  than  in  Oriental  countries.  The 
frequent  use  of  the  bath,  of  perfumes,  and  of  everything  tending 
to  soften  and  beautify  the  skin,  and  to  preserve  all  their  charms, 
employs  their  constant  attention.  Nothing,  in  short,  is  neg- 
lected, and  the  most  minute  details  succeed  each  other  with 
scrupulous  exactness.  So  much  care  is  not  thrown  away ;  no- 
where are  the  women  more  uniformly  beautiful,  nowhere  do  they 
possess  more  the  talent  of  assisting  nature,  nowhere,  in  a  word, 
are  they  better  skilled  or  more  practised  in  the  art  of  arresting  or 
repairing  the  ravages  of  time,  an  art  which  has  its  principles  and 
a  great  variety  of  recipes." 

As  it  may  interest  some  to  know  the  composition  of  the  far- 
famed  Oriental  cosmetics,  I  transcribe  here  a  few  recipes  which 
were  obtained  from  an  Arabian  perfumer,  and  can  be  vouched  for 
as  authentic. 

The  kohl,  which  has  been  in  use  for  darkening  the  eyelids  since 
the  time  of  the  ancient  Egyptians,  is  made  as  follows :  —  They 
remove  the  inside  of  a  lemon,  fill  the  skin  with  plumbago  and 
burnt  copper,  and  place  it  over  the  fire  until  it  becomes  carbon- 
ized ;  then  they  pound  it  in  a  mortar  with  coral,  sandalwood, 
pearls,  ambergris,  the  wing  of  a  bat,  and  a  part  of  the  body  of  a 
chameleon,  the  whole  having  been  previously  burnt  to  a  cinder 
and  moistened  with  rosewater  while  hot. 

A  complexion  powder,  called  batikha,  which  is  used  in  all  the 
harems  for  whitening  the  skin,  is  made  in  the  following  manner : 
They  pound  in  a  mortar  some  cowrie  shells,  borax,  rice,  white 
marble,  crystal,  tomata,  lemons,  eggs,  and  helbas,  —  a  bitter 


THE   QIEEN   OF   FLOWERS.  237 

seed  gathered  in  Egypt ;  mix  them  with  the  meal  of  beans,  chick- 
peas and  lentils,  and  place  the  whole  inside  a  melon,  mixing  with 
it  its  pulp  and  seeds ;  it  is  then  exposed  to  the  sun  until  its  com- 
plete dessication,  after  which  it  is  reduced  to  a  fine  powder. 

The  preparation  of  a  dye  used  for  the  hair  and  beard  is  no  less 
curious.  It  is  composed  of  gall  nuts,  fried  in  oil  and  rolled  in 
salt,  to  which  are  added  cloves,  burnt  copper,  minium,  aromatic 
herbs,  pomegranate  flowers,  gum  arabic,  litharge,  and  henna. 
The  whole  of  these  ingredients  are  pulverized  and  diluted  in  the 
oil  used  for  frying  the  nuts.  This  gives  it  a  jet  black  color,  but 
those  who  wish  to  impart  a  golden  tint  to  their  hair,  employ  sim- 
ply henna  for  that  purpose. 

To  conclude  the  list  of  Oriental  cosmetics  I  will  mention  an 
almond  paste,  called  hemsia,  which  is  used  as  a  substitute  for 
soap ;  a  tooth  powder,  named  souek^  made  from  the  bark  of 
the  walnut  tree,  pastilles  of  musk  and  amber  paste,  kourss,  for 
burning  and  also  for  forming  chaplets  of  beads,  which  the  fair 
odalisques  roll  for  hours  in  their  hands,  thus  combining  a  relig- 
ious duty  with  a  pleasant  pastime  ;  a  depilatory  called  ' '  termen- 
tina,"  which  is  nothing  more  than  turpentine  thickened  into  a 
paste ;  and  last  though  not  least,  the  celebrated  schnouda,  a  per- 
fectly white  cream,  composed  of  jasmin  pomade  and  benzoin,  b}T 
means  of  which  a  very  natural,  but  transient  bloom  is  imparted 
to  the  cheeks.  The  coloring  principle  of  this  sympathetic  blush 
is  known  to  chemists  under  the  name  of  Alloxan,  and  was  dis- 
covered by  Liebig. 

The  Turks  shave  their  heads,  leaving  a  single  tuft  of  hair  on 
the  top,  by  which  they  expect  Azrael,  the«angel  of  death,  to  seize 
them  when  conveying  them  to  their  last  abode.  They  preserve 
their  beard  with  the  greatest  care,  and  make  it  a  point  of  religion 


238  A  ROMANCE    OP    PERFUME    LANDS. 

to  let  it  grow,  because  Mahomet  never  cut  off  his.  No  greater  in- 
sult can  be  offered  to  a  Mahometan,  than  to  deprive  him  of  this 
hirsute  ornament ;  it  is  a  degradation  reserved  for  slaves,  or  a 
punishment  inflicted  on  criminals. 

The  barber  of  the  King  of  Persia  is  no  insignificant  personage  ; 
he  enjo}Ts  all  the  privileges  and  considerations  naturally  attached 
to  one  v.  ho  has  in  his  charge  such  a  venerated  object  as  a  royal 
beard.  The  dellak,  or  barber,  of  the  great  Schah  Abbas  amassed 
such  riches  that  he  built  a  splendid  bridge,  which  still  bears  his 
name  ;  and  his  modern  successor  erected,  not  long  since,  a  mag- 
nificent palace  for  himself  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Royal  Baths  at 
Teheran ;  but  we  are  digressing,  so  let  us  return  to  the  subject 
of  the  rose. 

There  are  six  modifications  of  rose  for  the  handkerchief,  which 
are  the  ne  plus  ultra  of  the  perfumer's  art ;  though  I  do  not  sup- 
pose many  would  acknowledge  the  justice  of  that  expression, 
and  may  say  it  sounds  too  ambitious.  Yet  the  first  musician  who 
tried  to  echo  with  a  pierced  reed  the  songs  of  the  birds  of  the 
forests,  the  first  painter  who  attempted  to  delineate  on  a  polished 
surface  the  gorgeous  scenes  which  he  beheld  around  him,  were 
both  artists  endeavoring  to  copy  Nature ;  and  so  the  perfumer, 
with  a  limited  number  of  materials  at  his  command,  combines 
them  as  the  artist  does  his  colors  on  a  palette,  and  strives  tc  imi- 
tate the  fragrance  of  all  flowers  which  are  rebellious  to  his  skill, 
and  refuse  to  yield  up  their  aroma.  Is  he  not,  then,  entitled  to 
claim  also  the  name  of  artist,  if  he  approaches  even  faintly  to  the 
perfections  of  his  charming  models  ? 


1  The  roses  soon  withered  that  hung  o'er  the  wave, 

But  some  blossoms  were  gathered  while  freshly  they  shone, 


THE   QUEEN   OP   FLOWERS.  239 

And  a  dew  was  distilled  from  their  flowers  that  gave 
All  the  fragrance  of  summer  when  summer  was  gone." 


Thus  the  sweet,  but  evanescent  aroma,  which  would  otherwise 
be  scattered  to  the  winds  of  heaven,  assumes  a  durable  and  tan- 
gible shape,  and  consoles  us  for  the  loss  of  flowers,  when  Nature 
Jons  her  mourning  garb,  and  the  103'  blast  howls  around  us.  To 
minister  to  these  wants  of  a  refined  mind  —  to  revive  the  jo3'S  of 
ethereal  spring  by  carefully  saving  its  balmy  treasures  —  consti- 
tutes the  art  of  the  perfumer. 

"  At  Rome,"  said  Jean,  "  the  odor  of  the  rose  was  in  such  re- 
quest that  Lucullus  expended  fabulous  sums,  in  order  to  be  able 
to  have  it  at  all  seasons." 

But  pure  otto  of  roses  from  its  cloying  sweetness  has  not  many 
admirers ;  when  diluted,  and  compounded  into  the  six  modifica- 
tions, —  such  as  Essence  of  Roses,  Extracts  of  Twin  Roses,  Tea 
Roses,  White  Roses,  Yellow  Roses,  and  Chinese  Roses,  —  then 
there  is  nothing  to  equal  it  in  odor,  and  especially,  if  the  otto  is 
mixed  with  soap  to  form  rose  soap.  The  soap  not  allowing  the 
perfume  to  evaporate  too  fast,  one  cannot  be  surfeited  with  the 
smell  of  the  otto.  The  finest  preparation  of  rose  as  an  odor,  is 
made  in  the  south  of  France  by  maceration  in  pomade  or  oil, 
and  the  extract  afterwards  taken  from  the  pomade,  it  furnishes 
another  instance  of  the  wonderful  properties  of  flowers,  two  almost 
distinct  odors  being  derived  from  the  same  flower,  the  process 
only,  being  different. 

When  Nero  honored  the  house  of  a  Roman  noble  with  his  impe- 
rial presence  at  dinner,  there  was  something  more  than  flowers ; 
the  host  was  put  to  an  enormous  expense  by  having  —  according 
to  royal  custom  —  all  his  fountains  flinging  up  rosewater.  While 


240  A  ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

the  jets  were  pouring  out  fragrant  liquid,  while  rose  leaves  were 
on  the  ground,  in  the  cushions  on  which  the  guests  lay,  hanging  in 
garlands  on  their  brows  and  in  wreaths  around  their  necks,  the 
couleur  de  rose  pervaded  the  dinner  itself,  and  rose  pudding  chal- 
lenged the  appetites  of  the  guests.  To  encourage  digestion,  there 
was  rose-wine,  which  Heliogabalus  not  only  drank,  but  was  ex- 
travagant enough  to  bathe  in.  He  went  even  further,  by  having 
the  public  swimming  baths  filled  with  wine  of  roses  and  absinthe. 

After  breathing,  wearing,  eating,  drinking,  lying  on,  walking 
over,  and  sleeping  upon  roses,  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that 
the  unhappy  ancient  grew  sick.  His  medical  man  touched  his 
liver,  and  immediately  gave  him  a  rose  draught.  Whatever  he 
ailed,  the  rose  was  made  in  some  fashion  or  another  to  enter  into 
the  remedy  for  his  recovery.  If  the  patient  died,  then  of  him 
more  than  any  other,  it  might  be  truly  said  that,  "  he  died  of  a 
rose,  in  aromatic  pain." 

Various  authors  say,  that  the  sense  of  smell  is  the  sense  of 
imagination.  There  is  no  doubt  that  pleasant  perfumes  exercise 
a  cheering  influence  on  the  mind,  and  easily  become  associated 
with  our  remembrances.  Sounds  and  scents  share  alike  the  prop- 
erty of  refreshing  the  memory,  and  recalling  vividly  before  us 
scenes  of  our  past  life,  —  an  effect  which  Thomas  Moore  beauti- 
fully illustrates  in  his  "  Lalla  Rookh"  :  — 


"  The  young  Arab,  haunted  by  the  smell 
Of  her  own  mountain  flowers  as  by  a  spell, 
The  sweet  Elcaya,  and  that  courteous  tree, 
Which  bows  to  all  who  seek  its  canopy, 
Sees  call'd  up  round  her  by  those  magic  scenta 
The  well,  the  camels,  and  her  father's  tents, 
Sighs  for  the  home  she  left  with  little  pain, 
And  wishes  e'en  its  sorrows  back  again." 


THE    QUEFN    OP    FLOWERS.  241 

Tennyson  expresses  the  same  feeling  in  his  "  Dream  of  Fail 
Women  : " — 

••  The  smells  of  violets  hidden  in  the  green, 

Poured  back  into  my  empty  soul  and  framo 
The  times  when  I  remember  to  have  been 
Joyful  and  free  from  blame." 

Criton,  Hippocrates,  and  other  ancient  doctors,  classed  per- 
fumes among  medicines,  and  prescribed  them  for  many  diseases, 
especially  those  of  a  nervous  kind.  Pliny  also  attributes  thera- 
peutic properties  to  various  aromatic  substances,  and  some  per- 
fumes are  still  used  in  modern  medicines. 

Who  would  think  of  depriving  sick  or  well  of  flowers,  or  for- 
bidding their  use? 

When  perfumes  are  rightly  and  discriminatingly  used,  as  one 
should,  how  do  they  differ,  except  in  favor  of  the  perfumes. 
For  it  is  true  that  particular  kinds  of  flowers,  if  left  in  a  sleeping 
apartment  all  night,  will  sometimes  cause  headache  and  sick- 
ness ;  but  this  proceeds  not  from  the  diffusion  of  their  aroma,  but 
from  the  carbonic  acid  they  evolve  during  the  night.  If  a  per- 
fume extracted  from  the  same  kind  of  flowers  were  left  open 
under  the  same  circumstances,  no  evil  effect  would  arise  from  it. 

Discarding,  however,  all  curative  pretensions  for  perfumes,  I 
think  it  right  at  the  same  time  to  combat  the  doctrines  of  certain 
medical  men,  who  hold  that  they  are  injurious  to  health ;  how- 
ever, "  when  doctors  disagree,  let  a  man  of  common  sense  decide." 
It  can  be  proved  that  the  use  of  perfumery  in  moderation,  —  and 
I  never  heard  or  knew  of  a  case  where  any  one  was  seriously 
harmed  by  their  use  in  large  quantities,  or  by  continual  use,  — 
is  more  beneficial  than  otherwise  ;  and  in  cases  of  epidemics  they 


242  A.    ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

have  been  known  to  render  important  service,  both  as  curatives 
nncl  preventatives,  were  it  onl}-  to  the  four  thieves,  who,  by  means 
of  their  famous  aromatic  vinegar,  were  enabled  to  rob  half  the 
population  of  Marseilles  at  the  time  of  the  great  plague,  without 
any  fear  of  infection. 

We  have  also  seen  the  benefits  of  the  employment  of  perfumes 
in  our  own  times,  when  small-pox,  cholera,  and  contagious  dis- 
eases were  prevalent  in  our  land.  As  for  health,  we  only  ask 
that  those  who  are  constant!}-  engaged  in  handling  and  manufac- 
turing perfumery  be  observed,  and  their  physical  condition 
compared  with  that  of  any  other  class  of  manufacturers  or  profes- 
sional men.  The  cultivation  of  flowers  for  the  manufacture  of 
perfumes  also  gives  out  door  employment  to  thousands. 

One  great  benefit  in  the  use  of  perfumes,  is,  that  it  tends  to 
cleanliness,  and  "Cleanliness  is  akin  to  Godliness,"  —  almost 
compelling  one  to  notice  when  they  are  breathing  a  vitiated  air, 
or  associated  with  filth ;  the  nose  when  well  educated  is  a  true 
monitor.  To  the  "  unlearned"  nose  all  odors  are  alike,  but  when 
tutored,  either  for  pleasure  or  profit,  no  member  of  the  body  is 
more  sensitive. 

Perfumers,  drug  dealers,  tea  brokers,  and  general  dealers  in 
odoriferous  substances,  have  to  go  through  a  regular  nasal  educa- 
tion. A  hop  merchant  buries  his  nose  in  a  pocket,  takes  a  sniff, 
and  then  sets  his  price  upon  the  bitter  flower.  The  odors  have 
to  be  remembered,  and  it  is  noteworthy  here  to  remark  with  what 
persistency  odors  fix  themselves  upon  the  memory ;  and  were  it 
not  for  this  remembrance  of  an  odor,  the  merchants  in  the  trades 
above  indicated  would  soon  be  at  fault.  An  experienced  per- 
fumer having  two  hundred  odors  in  his  laboratory,  can  distinguish 
every  one  by  smell  and  call  it  by  name.  Could  a  musician  with 


THE   QUEEN   OF   FLOWERy.  24<j 

an  instrument  of  two  hundred  notes,  distinguish  and  name  every 
note  as  soon  as  struck,  without  his  seeing  the  instrument? 

It  can  be  said  that  some  delicate  people  may  be  affected  by  cer- 
tain odors ;  but  the  same  person  to  whom  a  musky  scent  would 
give  a  headache,  might  derive  much  relief  and  pleasure  from  a 
perfume  with  a  citrine  base.  It  would  be  like  one  who  had  eaten 
something  which  disagreed  with  them  and  saying:  "This  food 
makes  me  sick ;  I  will  never  eat  anything." 

Besides  imagination  has  a  great  deal  to  do  with  the  supposed 
noxious  effects  of  perfumes.  Doctor  Cloquet,  who  may  be  deemed 
an  authorit}*-  on  this  subject,  of  which  he  made  a  special  study, 
says  in  his  able  Treatise  on  Olfaction  :  —  "We  must  not  forget 
that  there  are  many  effeminate  men  and  women  to  be  found  in  the 
world  who  imagine  that  perfumes  are  injurious  to  them,  but  their 
example  cannot  be  adduced  as  a  proof  of  the  bad  effects  of  odors. 
Thus,  Doctor  Capellini  relates  the  story  of  a  lady  who  fancied  she 
could  not  bear  the  smell  of  the  rose,  and  fainted  on  receiving  the 
visit  of  a  friend  who  carried  one,  and  yet  the  fatal  flower  was 
only  artificial." 

We  noticed  many  acres  of  green  plants  growing  luxuriantly  in 
the  rear  of  the  otto  of  rose  establishment  which  we  saw  were 
Pelargonium  odoratissimum,  or  Rose-leaf  Geranium.  We  are  sorry 
to  say  it  is  grown  here  in  Turkey  by  the  rose  growers  for  the  ex- 
press purpose  of  adulterating  the  otto  of  roses,  as  from  the  leaves 
of  this  plant,  by  distillation,  is  procured  a  very  agreeable  rosy- 
smelling  otto.  One  hundred  weight  of  leaves  will  yield  about  two 
ounces  of  otto. 

Used  to  adulterate  otto  of  roses,  it  is  in  its  turn  adulterated 
with  otto  of  ginger-grass,  and  thus  was  formerly  very  difficult  to 
obtain  genuine.  On  account  of  the  increased  cultivation  of  the 


244  A   ROMANCE    OP    PERFUME    LANDS. 

plant,  it  is  now,  however,  easily  procured  pure.  The  genuine 
otto  of  rose-leaf  geranium  is  worth  about  four  dollars  per  ounce, 
whereas  imitations  of  it,  one  an  andropogon  otto,  sometimes  called 
geranium,  is  not  worth  more  than  that  sum  per  pound. 

We  may  observe  here  that  the  perfuming  ottos  as  well  as  every 
article  pertaining  to  the  perfumery  trade,  are  best  purchased 
through  the  perfumers,  as  from  the  nature  of  their  business  they 
have  a  better  knowledge  and  means  of  obtaining  the  real  article 
than  drug  dealers ;  drug  dealers  have  such  strong,  disagreeable 
smells  about  them,  and  cannot  therefore  distinguish,  appreciate  or 
compare  the  fine,  delicate  odors  of  perfumes. 

On  account  of  the  pleasing  odor  of  the  true  otto  of  rose-leaf 
geranium,  it  is  a  valuable  article  for  perfuming  many  materials, 
and  appears  to  give  great  satisfaction,  especially  as  an  essence 
for  the  handkerchief. 

We  passed,  on  our  return,  many  of  the  Liquid  ambar  orientate, 
shrubby  trees,  common  to  this  countr}',  from  which  true  storax, 
a  fragrant  balsam,  is  procured.  We  had  purchased  some  of  this 
balsam,  as  well  as  some  otto  of  roses  and  rose  geranium,  of  the 
rose  growers  at  their  establishment. 

After  we  had  alighted  from  the  cars,  we  were  proceeding  to  the 
ship,  when  Patsey  espied  a  poster,  with  large  wood-cuts,  and  glar- 
ing t3*pe.  It  was  an  announcement  of  some  European  Barnum, 
who  was  travelling  in  this  country  with  his  show.  Patsey's  spirit 
was  aroused ;  old  remembrances  crowded  upon  him.  He  was 
beside  himself  to  visit  the  circus,  but  we  concluded  we  could  not 
spare  the  time  ;  however,  as  we  went  a  little  further  we  heard  the  fa- 
miliar music  of  such  entertainments,  and  soon  came  upon  the  gypsy- 
like  scene.  Patsey's  eyes  brightened,  his  chest  heaved  convul- 
sively, his  muscles  seemed  to  leap  for  joy,  throes  of  excitement 


"THE  YOUNG  ARAB,  HAUNTED  BY  THE  SMELL." 


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THE   QUEEN   OF   FLOWERS.  245 

shook  him,  and  that  fascination  for  the  horse  and  sawdust,  — 
so  enthralling,  which  cannot  be  appreciated  or  understood,  ex- 
cept by  those  who  have  been  in  the  business,  —  possessed  him 
He  must  see  the  entertainment. 

To  please  him  we  went  in  and  wandered  among  the  cages  of 
(he  wild  animals,  and  examined  the  numerous  curiosities.  There 
were  "  bears,  lions,  tigers,  leopards,  camels,  elephants  and  a  vari- 
c-ty  of  other  animals  ;  an  American  Indian,  an  Esquimaux,  a  bushy- 
headed  man  and  woman,  and  all  the  other  interesting  objects  too 
numerous  to  mention,"  which  are  the  "  make  up"  of  a  first-class 
itinerant  hippodrome. 

But  what  is  John  Gagler  doing  ?    Has  he  parted  with  his  wits  ? 

He  is  roughly  elbowing  his  wa}*  through  a  crowd  that  surrounds 
a  tall,  powerfully  built,  half-naked  savage,  a  specimen  of  the 
natives  of  some  of  the  South  Sea  Islands,  we  should  judge.  He 
at  last  reaches  him,  and  grasps  him  by  the  arms.  They  are  rub- 
bing noses  together  like  two  mad  apes,  holding  each  other  off 
every  little  while,  then  rubbing  noses,  and  shaking  hands  the 
harder.  John  Gagler  seems  delighted.  He  and  the  savage  are 
jabbering  away  in  some  outlandish  tongue,  and  meanwhile  the 
crowd  is  looking  on  with  open-mouthed  wonder,  but  none  more 
surprised  than  ourselves. 

At  last  John  Gagler  remembered  us,  and  standing  on  tiptoe, 
beckoned  to  us  over  the  heads  of  the  people, who  made  way  for  us 
to  come  to  him  and  his  savage  companion. 

"Messmates,  ladies,  'ere's  han  hold  friend,"  he  said;  "ha 
native  of  that  island  hon  which  I  was  kept  ha  slave  for  two  years, 
by  'is  tribe." 

We  looked  at  the  savage,  hardly  knowing  how  to  greet  him, 
not  caring  tc  use  the  same  salutation  employed  by  John  Gagler, 


246  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME     LANDS. 

as  he  was  not  only  arrayed  in  gaudy  dress,  but  his  face  was  well 
painted  in  various  colors. 

"  'E  's  'ad  a  'ard  pull,"  explained  John  Gagler.  "  Hall  of  the 
natives  of  'is  island  have  gone  to  Davy  Jones's  locker ;  the  'ole 
island  was  swallowed  up  by  the  sea,  han'  'e  han'  ha  native  boy 
were  the  honly  ones  to  'is  knowledge  who  hescaped.  That's  the 
reason  I  couldn't  find  the  island  ;  I  thought  my  reckonings  han' 
bearings  were  wrong,  but  hit  seems  they  weren't.  'E  's  told  me 
the  course  to  take  to  find  the  island  hon  which  I  was  wrecked, 
han'  sa}rs  'e  can  give  me  hexact  directions  to  go  to  the  island  hon 
which  the  wrecked  people  were  seen  some  four  years  afore  they 
captured  me." 

-Brad,  whom  we  had  met  at  the  depot,  and  who  had  accom- 
panied us,  was  deeply  agitated  during  this  recital,  and  the  color 
came  and  went  in  his  face  as  his  heart  pulsated  with  hopes  and 
fears. 

"Oh!  if  it  should  prove  to  be  my  father  and  some  of  his 
sailors,  my  fondest  hopes  would  be  realized,  and  our  search  may 
not  prove  in  vain,"  he  exclaimed  with  emotion. 

John  Gagler  and  the  savage  were  again  chattering  away,  and 
the  savage  pointed  with  his  finger  to  different  parts  of  the  com- 
pass, gesticulated  with  his  hand  in  various  directions,  and  it 
appeared  as  if  he  were  recalling  to  John  Gagler's  mind  the 
numerous  landmarks  of  the  now  submerged  island.  After  a 
while  John  Gagler  turned  to  us  again  and  said,  — 

"  E's  given  me  complete  bearings,  so  I  think  I  can  sail  directly 
to  the  place ;  but  yon  remember,  Captain  Cole,  that  the  parties, 
who  hever  they  were,  left  the  island  hon  which  'e  says  they  were 
seen  ;  left  hin  a  boat,  hand  from  there  we  shall  'ave  to  trace  them  ; 
still  it  will  be  better  than  'aving  no  port  to  start  from,  you! 


THEY   ARE   RUBBING   NOSES   TOGETHER    LIKE   TWO    MAD   APES. 

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honor.  What  say  you,  me  boy?  Shall  we  slip  hour  cable  to- 
morrow for  the  southern  waters  ?  " 

"  Are  you  ready,  ladies,  to  accompany  me  on  this  as  yet  fruit- 
less quest,  to  again  brave  the  dangers  of  the  Southern  Seas,  now 
that  you  are  so  near  civilization,  so  near  home?"  asked  Brad. 

"  Aye,  aye,  sir,"  both  my  wife  and  Susie  responded. 
"Always  ready  to  follow  our  Captain;  we  shall  stick  to  you 
through  thick  and  thin  ;  you  cannot  get  rid  of  us  so  easily,"  said 
Susie. 

"  God  bless  you,  ladies,  you  make  my  heart  glad,"  said  Brad, 
feelingly. 

"We  wandered  around  for  some  little  time,  while  John  Gagler 
conversed  with  his  friend,  the  savage,  and  made  notes  of  what 
the  savage  told  him,  until  Patsey  coming  out  from  the  acrobatic 
part  of  the  exhibition,  we  turned  our  steps  towards  the  entrance, 
first,  however,  shaking  hands  with  the  savage,  and  from  whom 
John  Gagler  took  a  farewell  hand-shake  and  nose-rub. 

On  our  way  back  we  wandered  through  a  Turkish  perfume  ba- 
Eaar.  As  we  passed  along  between  the  rows  of  booths,  on  the 
counters  of  which  the  Turkish  perfumers  were  sitting  cross-legged, 
their  goods  arranged  in  easy  reaching  distance  about  them,  we 
saw  many  curious  articles ;  among  others  the  odd  shaped  otto  of 
rose  bottles,  filled  with  that  precious  substance,  and  richly  deco- 
rated with  gold  and  colors  ;  various  styles  of  censers  and  casting 
bottles,  amulets,  that  famous  Turkish  hair  dye,  called  Rastik-  Yuzi, 
which  gives  to  the  hair  and  beard  such  a  fine  black  color  and 
which  almost  every  Turk  uses  ;  also  a  compounded  perfume,  karsi, 
used  in  the  seralios. 

After  leaving  this  bazaar  we  went  as  quickly  as  possible  towards 
the  ship,  conversing  on  our  way  upon  the  happy  occurence  of  the 


WE   WANDERED  THROUGH   A  TURKISH   PERFUME   BAZAAR. 

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248  A   ROMANCE    OF    PEKFUME    LANDS. 

day.  Patsey  exhibiting  the  greatest  demonstrations  of  joy  at 
thinking  that  his  wilful  desire  to  see  the  show  had  produced  such 
propitious  results. 


CHAPTER   XXVII. 

AN    ENCHANTED   ISLAND. 

IT  was  now  just  a  month  from  the  day  we  reached  the  latitude 
and  longitude  of  the  submerged  island.  From  there  we  steered 
for,  and  soon  came  upon  the  island  on  which  John  Gagler  had 
been  landed,  and  where  he  had  spent  five  years  of  his  life.  We 
went  ashore  and  found  his  hut,  and  many  signs  left  of  his  occu- 
pancy ;  the  hut  and  its  protections  were  overgrown  with  climbing 
plants,  but  complete!}'  worthless  from  decay. 

He  escorted  us  around  the  island,  which  he  had  named  "  Good 
Enough ; "  showed  us  the  places  in  which  he  had  passed  his  time, 
and  took  us  to  his  lookouts  and  signal  points. 

We  felt  encouraged  by  finding  this  island  so  easily.  From  there 
we  had  directed  our  course  a  little  to  the  south  by  west  in  the 
direction  John  Gagler  understood  the  savage  to  have  told  him  ; 
it  was  also  the  direction  in  which  the  wind  was  blowing  at  the 
time  of  the  gale  when  the  "  Godolpha"  was  wrecked,  so  we  were 
almost  sure  we  should  soon  find  the  island  on  which  the  ship- 
wrecked people  were  seen ;  but  we  have  been  cruising  since  then, 
visiting  many  inhabited  and  uninhabited  islands,  and  our  explora- 
tions have  as  yet  proved  unsuccessful.  The  uninhabited  islands 
we  explored  thoroughly,  in  hope  of  finding  some  signs  of  ship- 

349 


250  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

wrecked  people,  ever  on  the  alert  to  discover  some  clew  of  Brad's 
father. 

We  saw  hulls  of  wrecked  ships,  and  broken  timbers  on  man}' 
of  the  islands,  that  silently  told  their  tale  of  disaster  and  suffering, 
but  no  castaway  had  we  observed.  "When  we  came  to  an  in- 
habited island  we  steamed  along  its  shores,  and  when  it  was 
possible,  by  means  of  signs  and  by  gifts  to  the  natives,  tried  to 
get  information  if  there  were  any  white  men  among  them,  or 
living  on  the  adjacent  islands.  Nothing  of  any  importance  had 
been  gained  from  them.  Their  stories  were  without  value,  as  on 
the  islands  we  visited  at  their  instigation  we  found  no  sign  of 
white  occupants. 

We  were  now  out  of  the  course  of  all  sailing  craft,  in  almost 
unknown  waters  ;  we  had  not  spoken  or  seen  a  sail  for  many  days. 
A  strict  lookout  was  kept,  and  whenever  the  cry  of  "  Land,  O  ! " 
was  heard,  we  were  all  immediately  on  deck,  anxiously  watching 
to  see  the  slightest  sign  of  a  signal  from  some,  perhaps,  long  im- 
prisoned brother. 

Brad  was  despondent,  and  we  all  felt  as  if  it  was  beyond 
human  power  to  determine  what  we  wished.  John  Gagler,  — 
good  old  John,  —  was  firm  and  never  despairing.  If  we  lost  hope 
after  exploring  an  island,  he  would  advance  so  many  reasons  for 
a  still  more  thorough  search,  that  we  would  at  last  be  as  eager  as 
himself  to  try  again.  He  knew  full  well,  by  his  own  experience, 
with  what  longing  e}-es  a  castaway  watches  the  seas,  year  in  and 
year  out,  for  the  slightest  token  of  a  rescuing  hand.  Having  such 
experience  he  would  not  leave  one  stone  unturned  till  something 
definite  was  known. 

Brad  was  not  the  man  to  give  up  anything  he  attempted  until 
he  had  accomplished  it,  and  I  knew,  although  he  felt  somewhat  dis- 


AN    ENCHANTED   ISLAND.  251 

couraged,  that  as  long  as  our  facilities  lasted  he  would  not  turn 
back. 

This  beautiful  morning,  all  nature  seemed  in  sweet  repose ; 
the  smoke  from  the  smoke-stack  sailed  off  in  slow  undulating 
motions ;  we  listlessl}"  lounged  about  the  deck  or  on  the  rail, 
dreamily  watching  the  placid  waters,  when  we  were  suddenly 
aroused  by  the  lookout's  cry  of — 

"Land,  O!" 

"  Where  away?" 

"  Starboard,  two  points." 

The  ship  was  headed  in  the  direction  indicated. 

Every  one  was  on  deck,  and  took  note  of  each  outline  as  it 
became  more  distinct. 

In  about  two  hours  we  were  sufficiently  near  the  shore,  and  cast 
anchor.  A  beautiful  beach  extended  to  the  right  for  about  a  mile, 
until  checked  by  a  rocky  headland ;  to  the  left  the  beach  seemed 
to  continue  around  a  densely  wooded  peninsula,  in  front  of  which 
were  lines  of  reefs.  Tangled  woods  above  the  beach  covered  the 
shore,  presenting  an  almost  impassable  barrier  to  the  interior. 

We  landed  on  the  beach  and  made  our  way  to  the  cliff.  This 
cliff  was  broad  and  irregular,  and  in  one  of  its  cavities,  a  cas- 
cade of  pure  fresh  water  came  sparkling  and  gushing  down  lo 
the  foot  of  the  rock.  Here  we  found  by  its  continual  dropping 
and  washing  it  had  formed  a  great  basin  which  was  now  full  of 
water,  cool,  deep,  and  transparent,  reflecting  in  its  depths  with  as 
much  accuracy  as  a  mirror  the  passing  clouds,  and  the  trees 
and  plants  which  surrounded  its  borders.  Susie  named  it  "  Mir- 
ror Lake." 

We  sat  down  beside  it  instinctively,  so  impressed  were  we 
with  its  refreshing  beauty. 


252  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

Birds  of  pure  white,  others  gorgeously  colored,  flew  in  and  out 
among  the  trees,  and  lit  on  the  edge  of  this  miniature  lake  to  dip 
for  a  moment  their  tiny  bills  in  the  refreshing  liquid,  and  a  gentle 
breeze  wafted  odors  sweet  and  aromatic,  yet  delicate,  from  un- 
seen trees.  We  rested  here  for  an  hour,  and  then  sent  to  the 
ship  for  our  dinner,  which  we  ate  in  this  charming  spot. 

After  dinner  we  strolled  around,  discovering  new  beauties  at 
every  turn.  Then  we  decided  to  follow  the  beach,  go  around  the 
point,  and  see  what  was  on  the  other  side  of  the  island.  We 
started,  all  but  Brad,  who  had  gone  on  board  where  his  official 
services  were  required. 

"  I  will  wait  han'  tell  'im  where  you  are  bound,"  said  John 
Gagler,  "  han'  'e  can  follow  or  hawait  your  return." 

"  Very  good,"  I  answered. 

On  the  pink  sand  many  shells  were  strewn,  which  we  gathered, 
and  like  children,  as  often  threw  away  for  others  which  appeared 
more  beautiful.  Seeing  an  opening  in  the  wood,  we  thought  we 
could  cross  the  point  instead  of  going  around.  Pushing  our  way 
through  a  mass  of  tangled  undergrowth  we  came  into  the  woods. 
It  was  large  and  dense ;  except  a  very  small  portion,  the  trees 
were  of  the  palm  genus,  containing  several  species,  including  the 
coconut  tree. 

We  came  upon  some  trees  covered  with  small  fruit,  resembling 
quinces  in  every  particular  of  look,  taste,  and  smell,  of  which  we 
ate,  and  felt  refreshed. 

We  continued  on  till  we  reached  a  belt  of  shrubs  that  bounded 
the  palm  forest.  Here  our  progress  was  not  so  easy,  and  it  be- 
coming more  and  more  difficult,  we  made  a  detour  and  soon  came 
out  upon  open  ground.  Some  distance  to  the  right  we  saw  a 
cliff,  and  wondered  if  we  had  so  quickly  made  a  circuit  of  the  is- 


•WAS   BRAD,    BUT   HOW   CHANGED. 


Page  233. 


AN    ENCHANTED    ISLAND.  253 

.mid.  We  were  making  our  way  towards  this  cliff,  and  saw  at  its 
foot  the  sparkle  of  waters  in  a  basin  ;  it  looked  the  same,  and  yd 
it  did  not  seem  to  be  the  same  place  at  which  we  had  rested  and 
dined,  but  we  were  approaching  it  in  an  opposite  direction,  and 
of  course  it  must  appear  a  little  different. 

We  came  still  nearer. 

"  Look  !     Look  !  !  "   I  exclaimed. 

Each  one,  almost  simultaneously,  put  their  hands  to  their  eyes, 
rubbed  them,  tried  to  brush  away  the  illusion,  to  ascertain  if  they 
were  awake  or  asleep,  and  bent  forward  with  an  intense,  awe- 
striken  stare.  We  clung  to  each  other,  and  turned  our  eyes  in 
ever}'-  direction,  knowing  not  what  next  to  fear. 

Were  we  on  an  enchanted  island? 

Had  we  been  wandering  for  years,  or  slept  away  a  lifetime  at 
the  Lake  ? 

Could  we  have  changed  like  what  we  were  looking  upon,  or  had 
we  eaten  of  something  in  this  beautiful  island  which  had  distorted 
our  imaginations,  changed  our  perceptions  and  senses? 

For  rising  from  a  recumbent  position,  which  we  had  seen  Brad 
take  during  our  lunch  in  the  morning,  or  perhaps  for  all  we 
knew  a  morning  fifty  years  ago,  was  Brad,  but  how  changed. 

A  heavy,  white  beard  adorned  the  lower  part  of  his  face,  snow- 
white  hair  crowned  his  head  in  place  of  the  dark  jet  locks  we  had 
so  often  admired.  He  was  resting  upon  a  stout  cane  which  he  had 
used  to  help  him  to  his  feet.  His  eyes  were  of  as  an  intense 
black  as  ever,  but  had  about  them  a  strained,  far-off  look,  almost 
wierd-like,  and  they  stared  at  us  and  mesmerized  our  own.  The 
face  was  wrinkled  ;  the  hands  long  and  thin  ;  the  body  emaciated ; 
but  the  form  as  yet  erect,  with  signs  of  strength  to  battle  with 
death  for  many  years 


254  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

Could  -t  be  Brad?  Had  he  come  back  to  the  tiny  lake,  and 
.ooking  too  long  into  its  crystal  depths,  been  transformed  by 
some  fair  water  nj-mph,  or  was  it  some  trick  he  was  perpe- 
trating? 

"  Speak  to  him,  Susie,"  I  said. 

"  I  cannot,  oh,  I  cannot,"  she  said,  "  I  am  so  frightened.  Why 
does  he  stare  at  us  in  that  wild  way?" 

"Speak  to  him,"  urged  my  wife.  "He  always  thought  so 
much  of  you ;  if  it  is  only  a  joke  he  will  stop  it  if  you  beseech 
him.  Speak  !  Do  speak,  and  break  this  horrid  spell." 

Susie  shuddered,  tried  to  speak,  but  no  words  passed  her  lips. 
After  a  great  effort  she  partially  overcame  her  fears  and  feebly 
called,  — 

"  Captain  Cole,  Captain  Cole,  what " 

We  were  surprised  at  the  effect  it  caused.  He  dropped  the 
stick  that  supported  him,  fell  on  his  knees,  lifted  his  hands  to 
heaven,  and  with  upturned  eyes  seemed  to  be  pouring  out  thanks 
in  praj-er.  We  could  not  hear  distinctly  what  he  said,  but  the 
tones  of  his  voice  reached  us,  yet  so  feebty  we  could  hardly  say 
\vc  really  heard  them.  It  was  Brad's  voice  that  spoke,  the  last 
sentence  we  caught,  — 

"  My,  name,  she  speaks  my  name." 

Rising,  he  was  coming  towards  us,  and  we  turned  to  flee  from 
him. 

Why  did  we  fear  this  old  man?  Some  spell  had  been  laid 
upon  him ;  we  could  see  the  thought  in  each  other's  eyes ;  we 
were  afraid  if  he  but  touched  us,  we  too  should  awake  to  find  our- 
selves old  and  wrinkled,  and  with  snow-white  hair. 

We  heard  him  feebly  and  hesitatingly  call,  as  if  he  knew  not 
bow  to  speak  the  words,  or  had  forgotten  how  to  place  them. 


AN   ENCHANTED    ISLAND.  255 

"  Do  not  afraid  be,  it  are  I,  Captain  Cole." 

This  however  did  not  pacify  our  fears ;  they  but  seemed  verified 
at  this  statement. 

At  this  moment  we  heard  a  step  behind  us ;  looking  in  the 
direction  of  the  sound  we  saw  John  Gagler.  He  was  hurrying 
towards  us,  and  it  was  with  a  puzzled  look  that  he  saw  us  hud- 
dled together  as  if  in  fear ;  but  when  he  reached  us,  and  looked 
to  where  we  pointed,  he  too  seemed  transfixed  with  terror,  but  a 
moment  after,  he  was  running  as  fast  as  he  could  towards  Brad ; 
reaching  him,  he  eagerly  grasped  his  hand  and  said,  — 

"My  hold  friend,  JACOB  COLE, — my  hold  captain,  so  long 
lost,  we  'ave  found  you  hat  last.  Thank  'Eaven  !  " 

What  a  change  this  produced  in  our  actions,  you  can  imagine. 
"We  hurried  to  the  old  man  and  greeted  him  warmly,  assuring 
him  of  our  friendship  for  him,  and  explaining  our  fears.  "When 
we  were  telling  him  of  the  striking  resemblance  which  had  so  de- 
ceived us,  he  said,  — 

"My  son,  my  boy,  is  he  here?  Praised  be  God.  Where  is 
he?  Why  not  has  he  come  to  me ?  My  darling  boy,  I  want  take 
him  on  my  knee  and  pat  his  curl}'  head.  Why  he  does  not  come  ?  " 

We  could  not  deceive  him.  He  was  thinking  of  Brad  as  he 
last  saw  him.  We  told  him  we  would  take  him  to  him. 

"He  sick?  "he  asked. 

"  Oh,  no,"  said  Susie. 

"  Take  me  to  him,"  he  almost  pleaded. 

John  Gagler  told  him  where  he  was.  He  had  left  him  at  the 
lake.  Brad  told  John  Gagler  he  would  wait  till  we  returned, 
probabl}r  feeling  a  little  piqued  at  our  going  away  and  leaving  him ; 
but  we  had  gone  by  Susie's  urging,  as  she  seemed  to  be  very 
anxious  to  wander  along  the  beach ;  probably  they  had  had  some 


256  A  ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

tiff,  and  both  were  trying  to  be  as  hateful  and  provoking  as  pos- 
sible to  each  other. 

Captain  Jacob  walked  between  Susie  and  John  Gagler,  leaning 
on  John  Gagler*s  arm,  and  keeping  hold  of  Susie's  hand  ;  he  was 
quite  taken  with  her,  and  kept  gazing  into  her  face  with  a  fond 
and  pleased  look.  He  talked  slowly  and  feebly,  and  sometimes 
had  to  stop  and  think  what  to  say  ;  some  words  he  had  entirely 
forgotten,  but  he  looked  so  happy  it  was  a  pleasure  to  watch 
him. 

He  conducted  us  a  different  way  from  the  one  we  came  ;  soon 
we  were  in  sight  of  the  bluff.  "We  saw  the  cascade  and  the  basin, 
but  could  see  nothing  of  Brad.  We  sent  Patsey  along  the  beach 
to  the  ship  to  see  if  he  was  on  board,  and  to  bring  him  on  shore, 
but  not  to  tell  him  anything  concerning  our  discovery. 

Meanwhile  we  continued  our  way  to  the  pool  to  await  Brad's 
return.  "We  sat  down  under  the  trees  a  short  distance  from  its 
borders.  Captain  Jacob  was,  however,  too  nervous  and  anxious  to 
remain  sitting.  He  frequently  got  up,  then  came  back  and  sat 
down  again. 

He  unconsciously  strolled  towards  the  pool  at  one  time,  and  ap- 
peared attracted  by  its  brilliancy.  In  front  of  him  were  some 
plants  growing  luxuriantly,  and  forming  a  low  hedge  for  a  few 
feet.  He  stood  looking  over  these  into  the  water.  A  surprised 
look  came  into  his  eyes,  then  changed  to  one  of  gladness. 

"  Why !  — Why ! !  —  How  strange  ! ! ! "  he  said  slowly.  "  Have 
—  Have  grown  I  again  young?  My  gray  hair  is  to  jet  black 
changed  since  I  looked  last  into  this  pool ;  my  eyes  bright,  like 
fifty  years  ago  ;  no  wrinkles  ;  my  beard  —  " 

He  raised  his  hand,  and  commenced  slowly  to  pass  it  downward 
over  his  beard. 


AN  ENCHANTED   ISLAND.  957 


"  Is  black,  too.     But  —  but,  not  short  as  one  I  see  — 
—  Friends  !  !  —  What  is  this  ?    Why  is  this  so  ?  " 

He  called  to  us  in  an  alarmed  tone  of  voice. 

At  the  first  moment,  when  Captain  Jacob  began  to  speak,  we 
saw  the  hedge  in  front  of  him  move  slightly,  and  changing  my  posi- 
tion a  little  to  one  side  I  looked  around  it. 

There  was  Brad. 

He  had  been  sitting  down  looking  into  the  water,  and  had  prob- 
ably fallen  asleep  ;  the  sound  of  a  voice  so  near  had  partially 
awakened  him. 

Jean  was  about  to  approach  the  lake  to  see  what  it  was  that 
Captain  Jacob  saw,  but  John  Gagler  restrained  him,  as  I  motioned 
him  to  do  so. 

Brad  having  now  become  almost  fully  awake,  looked  off  into 
the  pool  ;  he  saw  the  reflection  of  old  Captain  Jacob,  and  opened 
his  eyes  wider  at  the  sight,  but  instead  of  jumping  up,  he  said,  — 

"  What  —  what  is  this?  Have  I  slept  for  fifty  years  that  my 
hair  has  turned  so  white,  and  my  beard  grown  so  long?" 

At  the  sound  of  Brad's  voice  Captain  Jacob  stared  in  astonish- 
ment, but  did  not  seem  to  have  the  power  to  move. 

"  My  face  wrinkled,"  continued  Brad.  **  Have  my  friends  left 
me  alone  upon  this  island  to  sleep  so  long?" 

He  put  his  hand  to  his  beard,  and  seeing  how  much  its  short- 
ness contrasted  with  that  of  the  one  reflected  in  the  waters,  I  saw 
that  he  comprehended  all. 

His  face  turned  white  from  suppressed  emotion  ;  his  limbs 
shook  as  he  tried  to  gain  his  feet  ;  his  strength  failed  him  for  a 
moment,  then,  with  one  bound  he  sprang  over  the  hedge. 

"  Father  !  " 

"  My  boy  !  " 


258  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

They  were  in  each  other's  arms.  We  left  them  to  their  happi- 
ness, and  walked  in  the  woods  till  we  heard  the  cheery  voice  of 
Brad  calling  us  to  come  to  them. 

How  happy  they  looked,  and  how  like  !  They  well  represented 
sprightly  youth  and  hearty  old  age. 

Seeing  them  standing  together,  we  could  not  wonder  at  John 
Gagler's  fright  when  first  spoken  to  by  Brad  —  of  our  own  at  first 
sight  of  Captain  Jacob,  or  of  their  mistakes  about  their  reflec- 
tions. 

Fondly  leaning  upon  Brad,  who  almost  carried  him,  so  eager 
was  he  to  help  his  father  along,  we  all  proceeded  to  the  beach, 
and  getting  into  the  boat,  were  soon  on  board. 

Captain  Jacob  was  received  with  a  burst  of  hearty  cheers,  and 
the  pivot  gun  spoke  loudly  its  welcome  to  the  old  captain.  He 
bowed  low  to  the  men  as  he  passed,  and  Brad  conducted  him  to 
the  large  saloon,  where  he  ensconced  him  in  the  largest  easy 
chair. 

Captain  Jacob  admired  the  perfect  arrangement  of  everything, 
but  he  could  not  long  keep  his  eyes  from  Brad,  and  Susie  must 
be  at  his  side,  or  else,  he  said,  he  could  not  be  content. 


THEY   WERE    IN   EACH    OTHERS    ARMS. 


Page  258. 


CHAPTER   XXVIII. 

CAPTAIN    JACOB    COLE'S    STOR*. 

THE  next  day  was  a  busy  one  for  all  of  us,  each  was  trying  to 
outdo  the  other  in  bringing  Captain  Jacob  Cole's  mind  back 
to  civilization ;  it  was  difficult  at  first,  but  ere  nightfall  we  had  ac- 
complished our  herculean  task,  as  he  gave  positive  evidence  by 
the  rational  manner  in  which  he  conversed. 

The  following  morning  we  again  went  ashore.  Brad  had  re- 
lated the  incidents  of  his  search  to  his  father,  and  told  him  of 
the  many  obstacles  that  had  to  be  overcome.  As  we  were  being 
rowed  ashore,  Brad  said,  — 

"Father,  why  did  you  not  have  some  signals  flying,  to  notify 
any  passing  vessel  that  }-ou  were  an  exile  here  ?  " 

"My  dear  Bradford,"  he  answered,  "it  is  thirty  and  three 
years  since  I  first  landed  on  this  island.  The  first  year  we  were 
on  the  beach  every  day,  and  the  first  months  ten  and  a  dozen 
times  a  day  we  would  go  to  our  lookouts  and  watch  with  longing 
eyes  the  vast  expanse  of  waters  for  some  rescuing  sail.  After 
five  long  3'ears,  only  two  besides  myself  were  left,  and  we  made  it 
a  duty  for  each  one  to  see  to  the  lookouts  alternately  ;  then  when 
I  was  left  alone,  every  day  I  would  spend  hours  at  the  signal- 
stations,  and  every  night  lighted  fires  on  the  bluffs.  At  last  I 


260  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

gave  up  all  hope.  I  felt  doomed,  —  felt  I  should  soon  have  to 
follow  my  comrades,  and  after  awhile  became  resigned  to  my 
fate. 

"  My  signals  wore  away,  were  blown  down  by  the  winds,  and 
feeling  as  I  did,  I  cared  not  to  repair  them. 

' '  Of  course  friend  John  has  told  you  all  about  the  storm  in 
which  the  '  Godolpha '  was  wrecked.  Well,  after  he  and  his 
comrade,  —  whose  name  I  have  forgotten,  it  was  so  long  ago, — 
were  washed  overboard,  — " 

"  I  never  knew  who  hit  was,"  interrupted  John  Gagler. 

"Well,"  continued  Capt.  Jacob,  "after  they  were  washed 
overboard,  we  drove  on  until  we  were  stranded  on  the  rocks  of 
the  island  you  visited,  where  five  besides  nr^self  succeeded  in 
reaching  the  shore,  constructed  a  boat  fron  the  broken  timbers  of 
the  ship  and  left  the  island. 

"  There  was  Joe  Broomer,  the  ship's  carpenter,  Matt  Tolboth,  the 
steward,  Jim  Maguire,  Tom  Carter,  and  Tom  Dracut,  mariners. 
Steering  westerly  from  the  island  we  kept  on  for  two  weeks,  but 
ran  across  no  sail,  and  passed  only  two  islands,  of  volcanic  for- 
mation, barren  and  desolate. 

"  Our  boat  becoming  unseaworthy,  one  of  us  was  obliged  to  keep 
bailing  day  and  night.  One  day,  thinking  we  saw  land  to  the 
northwest  of  us,  we  headed  our  boat  towards  it,  but  even  with 
the  sails  and  oars  we  did  not  make  headway  enough  to  reach  it 
before  nightfall,  and  lay  to  to  wait  till  morning  to  effect  a  landing. 
Unfortunately  during  the  night  we  drove  on  a  reef,  and  the  boat 
being  poorly  built,  soon  parted,  and  we  had  to  cling  to  the  reef. 
At  break  of  da}'  we  worked  our  way  to  the  shore,  helping  cacb 
other  as  best  we  could,  but  only  five  of  us  reached  it.  Tom  Car- 
ter was  missing. 


CAPTAIN    JACOB    COLE*S    STORY.  261 

"  We  were  pretty  well  tired  out.  Kitty  Bright  Eyes  and  her 
mate  Jack  clung  to  my  back  all  night,  and  sent  up  piteous  howls 
every  little  while." 

"  Who  were  they,  Captain?  "  asked  Susie. 

"  Two  pretty  kittens,  my  dear,  who  jumped  into  the  sea  and 
were  washed  ashore  when  the  '  Godolpha '  was  wrecked,  and  who 
followed  us  aboard  the  boat  when  we  left  the  island.  They  and 
their  children  have  been  my  time-pieces  during  my  exile  here." 

"  Your  what?"  asked  my  wife,  inquiringly. 

"  My  clocks,  ma'am  ! "  he  replied.  "  I  tell  time  by  their  eyes, 
which  dilate  regularly  from  morning  till  night." 

"  How  curious,"  she  answered. 

"After  resting  we  searched  for  food  and  water,  built  us  the 
best  protection  from  the  weather  we  could,  having  no  tools,  and 
then  explored  the  island  and  set  up  our  signals  around  it,"  Cap- 
tain Jacob  continued :  "  Joe  Broomer  and  Matt  Tolboth  died  fif- 
teen years  ago,  by  eating  some  game  we  had  killed,  which  had 
probably  fed  on  some  of  the  poisonous  berries  on  the  island; 
they  were  strangers  to  the  island  and  not  acquainted  with  the 
character  of  its  productions. 

"  We  all  came  near  following  them,  but  finally  recovered.  Jim 
Maguire  went  next,  about  eight  years  ago,  was  drowned  while  try- 
ing a  boat  we  had  built  to  circumnavigate  the  island ;  the  wind 
caught  her  aback,  and  she  went  down  stern  foremost  like  a  piece  of 
slate.  Tom  Dracut  I  buried  two  years  after. 

"  Poor  Tom !  He  gave  out  from  sheer  despondency,  —  lost  all 
hope  of  ever  being  rescued.  Our  parting  was  sad.  I  was  left 
alone,  and  oh !  friends,  it  was  truly  alone.  You  can  imagine 
what  I  suffered  in  the  parting.  But,  thank  Heaven,  I  am  among 
those  with  whom  I  have  so  long  wished  to  be,  —  those  whom  I 


262  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

should  have  sought,  if  I  had  been  rescued  or  escaped  before  you 
found  me." 

He  bowed  his  head  and  tears  of  thankfulness  coursed  over  his 
wrinkled  cheeks. 

' '  But  see  !     There  is  my  hut !  " 

"We  were  at  a  place  half  way  between  the  two  bluffs,  and  just 
emerging  from  the  palm  forest,  through  which  we  had  come  by  a 
well  worn  path.  We  came  out  upon  a  grassy  down,  a  huge  lawn, 
which  stretched  before  us  to  the  edge  of  a  beautifully  enclosed 
bay,  the  waters  of  which  sparkled  in  the  morning  sun.  The  hut 
stood  upon  a  knoll  to  the  left  of  us,  a  short  distance  from  a  river, 
or  rather  rivulet,  which,  keeping  its  course  for  some  distance  along 
the  edge  of  the  forest,  made  a  wide  curve  into  the  extensive  lawn, 
then  returned  in  a  zigzag  manner  to  the  first  line  of  its  course, 
and  crossing  the  wide  smooth  beach  at  the  foot  of  the  down,  emp- 
tied itself  into  the  sea. 

Proceeding  to  the  hut,  which  was  surrounded  with  high  pali- 
sades, outside  of  which,  neatly  arranged,  were  groups  of  banana, 
yam,  and  pineapple  plants,  hanging  with  fruit  ready  to  drop  with 
ripeness,  we  saw  the  strong  smelling,  but  delicious  durian,  the 
fragrant  and  luscious  mango,  and  the  more  delicious  mangosteen  ; 
while  golden  paroquets  and  beautiful  green  pigeons  flew  in  and 
out  among  the  foliage,  making  a  picture  long  to  be  remembered. 

Coming  to  a  gate  in  the  palisades,  Captain  Jacob  was  greeted 
from  within  by  a  parrot. 

"  "Where  have  you  been,  me  hearty.  Come  in,  come  in.  See 
Pretty  Poll,  Pretty  Polly." 

A  pair  of  monkeys  scrambled  up  the  door  post  to  the  roof  and 
chattered  at  us.  As  Captain  Jacob  passed  in  at  the  door,  one  of 
them  jumped  down  upon  his  shoulder,  and  grabbing  Patsey's  cap 


FOR    COLORING 

PERMANENTLY 

THE  HAIR  OR  BEARD  A 
BROWN  OR  BLACK. 


Patented  in  the  United  State*,  Dec.  24,  1867, 

and  Oct.  12, 1868.  Patented  in  England, 

Oct.  13, 1868,  abo  in  France. 


Will  color  Gray  Hairs  a  perma- 
nent Brown  or  Black.     The  inven- 
tion   consists    of  a  concentrated, 
solidified,   chemically  prepared 
Dye,  that   contains  no  Poison, 
and  will  in  no  way  injure  the 
Hair  or  System.     The  prep- 
aration  is  perfectly    harm- 
less, with  which  the  teeth  of 
'  the  comb  are  coated. 

'Sent  to  any  address,  Price,  $1.00. 
end  for  Circular  for  Magic  Comb, 
also  Blake's  Patent  Chair  Spring. 


THE  MAGIC  COMB. 


1st— Gives  the  Hair  a  dark,  rich  and  luxuriant 

appearance. 
2d.—  Softens  and  improves  dry,  stiff,  light,  sandy 

or  red  hair  or  whiskers. 
3d.— Removes  dandruff. 
4th.— Prevents  the  Hair  from  falling  out. 
5th.—  Restores  the  Hair  when  it  has  fallen   out. 
6th.— Prevents  the  Hair  from  looking  oily  and  greasy. 

MAGIC  COMB-The  Best  and  Cheapest  Dye  in  the  world, 
and  pays  better  profit  than  any  Patent  Article. 
Send  for  Circulars  to  Agents. 

We  have  made  a  Chemical  Analysis  of  the  ingredients  from 
which  the  Masric  Comb  is  manufactured,  and  they  contain  no 
Sulphur,  Sugar  or  Lead  Compounds,  or  anything  of  a  delete- 
rious nature,  and  we  cheerfully  recommend  them  to  the  Public. 

HEG-EMAN  &  CO. 

203  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 

FOB  SALE,  WHOLESALE  AXD  RETAIL,  BY 

CLIFFORD  <&  CO.,  PERFUMERS, 

33  SCHOOL  STREET,  BOSTON, 


AT   IT   THEY  WENT,    HELTER-SKELTER. 


CAPTAIN   JACOB    COLE'S    STORY.  263 

from  his  head,  began  to  try  it  on,  and  stretch  it  as  large  as  possi- 
ble. Patsey  did  not  like  that,  so  he  tried  to  get  it  away  from 
him,  and  the  monkey  leaped  down  and  ran  up  the  door  post  and 
was  on  the  roof  in  a  jiffy.  Patsey  gave  chase  ;  at  it  they  went, 
helter-skelter,  from  the  roof  to  the  ground,  from  the  ground  to  the 
roof,  from  one  side  to  the  other,  from  ridge-pole  to  eaves,  from 
one  end  of  the  hut  to  the  other,  dodging  this  waj-  and  that  wa}-, 
the  monkey  just  within  Patsey's  grasp,  when  it  would  give  a 
frightened  scream  and  elude  him,  grimacing  at  him,  in  his  pecu- 
liar, comical  wa}^,  seemingly  almost  tickled  to  death  at  every  fail- 
ure of  Patsey's  attempts  to  regain  his  cap.  We  could  not  help 
laughing  at  their  capers.  At  last  Patsey  got  it,  then  the  little 
monkey  tried  to  make  friends  with  him,  so  as  to  get  the  cap 
again,  but  Patsey  thought  too  much  of  his  cap,  and  the  monkey 
was  obliged  to  amuse  himself  b}-  worrj-ing  one  of  Captain  Jacob's 
cats. 

In  the  hut  we  found  plenty  of  chairs,  stools  and  other  furniture  ; 
although  roughly  hewn,  they  were  neat  and  strong.  Mats,  cur- 
tains, twine,  and  many  other  useful  and  necessary  articles  Cap- 
tain Jacob  showed  us,  all  made  by  himself  and  his  companions, 
from  products  obtained  from  the  coconut  tree.  The  hut  and  fur- 
niture were  made  with  onl}*  the  help  of  an  axe,  a  small  hatchet, 
and  two  cutlasses,  worked  down  to  a  suitable  shape,  which  they 
fished  up  from  the  reef  where  their  boat  was  dashed. 

Half  a  dozen  kittens,  and  three  staid  old  cats,  besides  the 
watchful  mother  of  the  little  ones,  came  around  their  master  for 
recognition,  and  the  parrot  called  loudly  and  lovingly  when  he 
caught  sight  of  him,  but  seeing  so  many  strangers  was  somewhat 
afraid  to  fly  to  him. 

After  haviug  made  a  thorough  examination  of  the  many  inter- 


264  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME     LANDS. 

esting  things  in  arid  around  the  hut,  we  sat  down  and  conversed 
until  dinner  was  announced,  which  had  been  prepared  by  Captain 
Jacob  and  Brad,  with  the  help  of  Patsey,  who  alwaj-s  acted  as  our 
steward  when  we  were  away  from  the  ship.  The  table  had  been 
set  outside  of  the  palisades,  where  we  could  enjoy  the  enchanting 
view  as  well  as  refresh  ourselves  inwardly. 

Captain  Jacob  would  not  allow  of  anything  being  furnished  by 
the  ship,  but  insisted  on  our  dining  from  the  productions  of  his 
farm,  as  he  called  it,  and  well  satisfied  we  were.  Breadfruit, 
yams,  and  bananas,  prepared  in  various  ways,  and  milk  from 
coconuts,  besides  cold  spring  water,  and  the  fruits  of  the  various 
plants  we  had  seen  growing  in  his  garden,  served  as  a  rich  dessert. 
After  dining,  Captam  Jacob  fed  his  pets,  and  then  gathered  up 
a  few  relics  of  his  island  home,  saying  he  would  leave  almost 
every  thing  for  the  use  of  some  other  unfortunate  who  might  be 
cast  upon  the  island.  Then  closing  the  door  of  his  hut,  after  tak- 
ing the  cats  and  kittens  out,  he  bid  adieu  to  the  place  that  had 
so  long  protected  him,  and  we  proceeded  to  the  ship,  Brad  intend- 
ing to  leave  the  island  and  head  for  England,  taking  his  father  to 
London  and  settle  there. 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 

THE  BEAUTY  AND  THE  BEAST. 

«  nOAL'S  out,  sir." 

V     "All  gone?" 

"  All  gone,  sir." 

Such  was  the  conversation  that  occurred  between  Brad  and  his 
engineer  about  a  week  ago. 

From  that  time  we  had  been  relying  wholly  on  our  sails. 

The  weather  had  been  good  since  we  had  left  Captain  Jacob's 
island,  until  after  we  left  Cape  Town  at  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  at  which  place  we  had  stopped  a  few  days.  But  after  leav- 
ing there,  when  about  a  day  out,  we  experienced  bad  weather, 
encountered  head  winds,  and  had  made  but  little  headway,  so 
that  a  great  deal  of  fuel  had  been  consumed. 

"We  were  coasting  along  the  northwestern  shores  of  Africa,  and 
for  the  last  two  days  had  been  sailing  well  in  shore.  The  barom- 
eter indicated  a  change  for  the  better,  and  at  sundown  there  was 
scarcely  a  ripple  on  the  water.  During  the  night  a  few  puffs  of 
wind  were  caught,  but  it  only  served  to  keep  our  head  on,  as  only 
a  few  knots  were  made. 

The  next  day  the  calm  continued,  and  all  hands  were  feeling 
lazy  and  blue,  for  they  were  not  used  to  being  at  rest,  as  we  could 


266  A  ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

always  keep  moving  when  stearn  was  up.  "We  were  all  wishing 
for  a  favorable  wind. 

We  expressed  a  desire  to  go  ashore  if  possible,  but  Brad 
thought  it  too  far  to  row,  so  we  gave  up  the  idea.  In  the  morn- 
ing we  went  on  deck,  and  found  the  shore  only  a  short  distance 
off,  and  that  we  had  come  to  anchor. 

"  Any  breeze  last  night,  Brad? "  I  asked. 

"  No,  but  I  had  the  engineer  use  up  all  the  wood  he  could  get, 
and  we  got  up  steam  enough  to  bring  us  near  the  shore,  so  you 
can  take  a  run  on  terra  firma  this  morning  if  you  wish,"  he  an- 
swered. 

"  Thank  you,  we  shall  be  glad  to.  I  thought  I  heard  the  en- 
gines working  last  night,"  I  remarked,  "  but  I  sleep  so  soundly  I 
was  not  sure." 

After  a  short  time  the  boats  were  ordered,  and  we  all  being 
seated,  the  men  pulled  leisurely  towards  the  shore.  Brad,  Jean, 
Patsey,  and  I,  carried  our  rifles  in  hopes  of  a  chance  shot,  or  to 
protect  ourselves  if  we  met  any  hostile  natives ;  several  axes 
were  in  the  boats,  as  also  a  tent  in  a  boat  that  followed  us. 

Brad  had  concluded  to  let  his  men  gather  all  the  dry  wood  they 
could,  and  take  it  on  board  to  use  in  place  of  coal,  till  we  came 
to  a  coaling  station.  This  they  could  do  while  we  were  exam- 
ing  the  country. 

The  shore  we  were  approaching  was  only  accessible  in  a  few 
places,  owing  to  the  tangled  growth  of  vines  and  plants.  Susie 
looked  with  delight  upon  the  profuseness  of  the  vegetable  pro- 
ductions of  the  shores,  and  remarked  the  number  and  variety  of 
insects,  many  of  which  she  wished  to  add  to  her  collection,  and 
for  which  she  had  come  prepared,  — pins,  ether,  and  all  the  rest 
of  her  paraphernalia. 


THE  BEAUTY  AND  THE  BEAST.  267 

After  landing,  the  men  erected  the  tent,  in  which  were  placed 
eatables  for  a  noon  repast.  Then,  after  making  things  as  com- 
fortable as  possible,  Brad,  Jean,  and  I,  set  out  for  a  short  tramp 
along  the  shores,  leaving  Patsey  to  look  after  the  ladies,  and  the 
men  engaged  in  collecting  wood  and  transporting  it  to  the  ship. 

Susie  had  already  commenced  examining  the  flowers  and  plants, 
and  as  we  passed  out  of  sight  she  was  chasing  a  brilliant-hued 
insect,  eager  to  capture  and  examine  it. 

"We  wandered  for  some  time  and  made  one  or  two  shots,  but 
met  with  no  large  game,  then  wishing  to  get  back  to  the  camp, 
before  the  heat  of  the  day  became  intense,  we  retraced  our  steps, 
and  at  ten  o'clock,  or  a  few  minutes  after,  came  in  sight  of  the 
tent.  My  wife  was  sitting  in  the  door  reading,  and  Patsey  was 
at  work  with  the  men. 

"Where  is  Susie?"  asked  Brad. 

"  She  is  near  bj',"  answered  my  wife. 

"  Shall  1  call  her  ?  "  said  Jean. 

"  She  will  come  back  in  a  few  minutes,"  answered  my  wife. 
"  She  said  she  was  going  over  there"  —  and  my  wife  pointed  as 
she  spoke  to  a  small  clump  of  undergrowth  back  of  us,  to  the 
right,  —  "  to  get  some  new  species  of  grass  she  thought  she  ob- 
served. You  had  better  lay  down  in  the  shade  of  the  tent  and 
rest  yourself  till  dinner-time." 

"We  stretched  ourselves  on  the  ground,  and  watched  the  men 
at  their  work,  and  the  ship  resting  so  calmly  on  the  water.  The 
drowsy  droning  of  the  insects  and  the  heat  and  quietness,  com- 
bined with  the  fatigue  of  our  walk,  overcame  us,  and  one  and  all 
must  have  dropped  to  sleep.  I  was  aroused  by  nay  wife  touclu'ng 
me  on  the  arm. 

I  opened  my  eyes  with  a  start. 


268  A   ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

"You  had  better  get  up  and  see  where  Susie  is,"  she  said, 
speaking  concernedly. 

"  lias  she  not  returned?"  I  asked. 

"  No,  and  I  am  anxious,  for  I  fear  she  may  have  wandered  and 
lost  her  way." 

I  noticed  the  side  of  the  tent  had  been  raised,  and  extended  out 
over  us  to  protect  us  from  the  sun,  and  looking  at  my  watch 
I  saw  we  had  really  been  asleep,  for  it  was  half-past  two 
o'clock. 

Brad  and  Jean  awaking,  Jean  asked  me  where  I  was  going. 

"  We  had  better  have  dinner  now,"  I  said,  so  as  not  to  arouse 
any  fears  in  his  mind  about  Susie. 

So  they  arose,  and  calling  Patsey  he  soon  had  a  lunch  spread 
for  us. 

"We  had  hardly  commenced  eating  when  Brad  again  inquired, — 

"Where  is  Susie?" 

"  She  will  probably  be  here  in  a  minute.  Patsey,  please  call 
her,"  said  my  wife. 

"Yes,  ma'am." 

Patsey  called  but  she  did  not  come,  and  Brad  asked  Patsey  if 
he  had  seen  her. 

"  Faith  I  hevn't,  sir,  not  for  some  hours,  as  I  hev  been  a  work- 
ing wid  the  min." 

Still  she  did  not  come,  and  Brad,  hastily  taking  a  few  mouth- 
fuls.  arose  and  said,  — 

"  I  am  going  out  to  look  for  her." 

"  I  will  go  too,"  I  said. 

"  And  I,"  said  my  wife. 

"  And  I,"  chimed  in  Jean. 

"  I'm  wid  yees,"  said  Patsey. 


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THE  BEAUTY  AND  THE  BEAST.  26? 

Picking  up  our  guns,  we  went  towards  the  place  where  my  wife 
said  she  last  saw  Susie. 

Brad  sent  word  to  the  men  to  await  our  return,  and  if  Susie 
came  back  to  discharge  three  guns  successive!}',  as  a  signal. 

We  found  where  she  had  broken  off  flowers  and  grasses,  gath- 
ering them  for  future  study. 

"  We  must  follow  these  tracks,"  said  Brad,  "and  hurry  too, 
for  we  have  not  much  time,  as  it  will  soon  be  dark.  If  we  do 
not  find  her  before  then,  she  will  be  exposed  to  all  the  dangers' 
and  horrors  of  a  night  in  an  African  forest,  perhaps  death  from 
some  wild  beast." 

"We  shuddered  at  the  thought  and  hurriedly  pushed  along, 
though  it  was  warm  work,  for  the  traces  led  us  over  a  most  cir- 
cuitous and  meandering  route,  as  Susie  seemed  to  have  strayed 
about  in  the  most  eccentric  manner,  attracted  probably  by  some 
new  growth  in  the  flora,  or  some  curious  insect. 

Our  hearts  beating  between  hope  and  fear,  our  heads  almost 
splitting  with  the  heat,  we  struggled  on  through  dust  and  vines, 
and  tanglcwood.  If  aiTything  had  happened  to  her  how  could  we 
excuse  our  carelessness?  Why  had  she  wandered  so  far? 

At  last  we  came  to  a  large  tree,  under  which  were  some  broken 
and  clipped  flower  stems,  appearing  that  she  had  rested  here 
probably  for  a  few  minutes,  arranging  what  she  had  collected, 
and  had  then  resumed  her  rambling. 

We  found  where  she  had  stopped  again  and  started  off  once 
more,  and  her  foot-marks  showed  she  was  uncertain  which  wa}*  to 
go,  but  probably  thought  she  was  retracing  her  steps  back  to 
the  tent,  for  she  had  not  stopped  to  pick  any  flowers  or  to  gather 
grasses. 

We  went  for  some  distance,  when  an  exclamation  from  Jean, 


270  A    ROMANCE    OF    PEHFUME     LANDS. 

who  was  ahead,  attracted  our  attention,  and  we  hastened  to  him. 
He  pointed  out  to  us,  further  on,  a  spot  where  the  grass  was  pressed 
down,  and  flowers  were  scattered  over  the  ground  as  if  there  had 
been  a  struggle.  Then  our  worst  fears  were  .aroused.  Susie  had 
been  attacked  by  some  wild  beast,  perhaps  carried  off  or  killed. 

We  rushed  to  the  spot. 

No  signs  of  blood,  and  only  a  few  shreds  of  her  dress,  which 
had  caught  on  the  neighboring  bushes,  showed  of  any  damage 
done.  Patsey  discovered  prints  of  feet  with  long  claws,  which 
ran  far  into  the  ground. 

All  hope  was  now  lost,  for  the  imprint  of  the  foot,  its  size 
and  the  length  of  the  claws,  convinced  us  that  it  was  an  African 
lion  by  whom  she  had  been  attacked.  "We  expected  as  we  went 
further  on  to  witness  a  heart-rending  sight. 

My  wife  was  almost  inconsolable  at  the  loss  of  her  sister,  and 
implored  us  to  hasten  to  her  rescue.  Brad  called  our  attention  to 
a  spot  where  it  appeared  as  if  something  heavy  had  been  dragged 
along,  and  we  followed  this  trail  for  some  time. 

Jean  said  the  lion  was  probably  dragging  her  to  his  lair,  and 
perhaps  she  had  not  been  hurt  as  jet,  but  had  fainted,  and  as 
long  as  she  made  no  resistance  the  lion  would  not  kill  her. 

This  revived  a  last  hope,  and  we  pushed  on  with  renewed  vigor, 
but  ever  on  the  watch  for  fear  we  should  come  suddenly  upon  the 
brute. 

"  His  lair  is  probably  in  some  cave  in  the  higli  land  we  can  just 
discern  ahead,"  said  Brad,  "  so  we  must  approach  carefulty." 

\Ve  all  now  moved  along  slowly  and  cautiously,  each  one  instinc- 
tively having  the  same  feeling,  not  of  fear,  but  heart  sickness, 
that  every  step  would  bring  us  face  to  face  to  all  that  remained 
of  her  whom  we  hud  learned  to  respect  and  love.  Patsey,  who 


THE  BEAUTY  AND  THE  BEAST.  271 

had  run  ahead,  came  to  a  coppice,  und  was  pushing  through  when 
he  suddenly  came  to  a  halt,  and  stood  motionless  ;  then  he  turned 
and  beckoned  for  us  to  come,  at  the  same  time  putting  his  finger 
to  his  lips  as  a  sign  for  us  to  do  so  cautiously. 

"We  did  so,  and  when  we  were  at  his  side,  he  carefully  pulled 
aside  the  boughs  as  if  they  were  a  curtain. 

What  a  sight  was  revealed  to  our  gaze  ! 

Had  the  millennium  come  ? 

"Was  this  Paradise  ? 

Ten  feet  be3'ond  was  an  open  spot  covered  with  thick  moss,  a 
kind  of  grotto  formed  by  an  overhanging  rock  projecting  from  the 
hill-side. 

There  lay  Susie,  her  left  hand  at  her  side,  her  right  hand  on  her 
bosom,  still  grasping  a  few  of  the  flowers  and  grasses  she  had 
gathered.  Her  face  was  upturned,  her  eyes  closed,  and  her  hair 
having  become  loosened  made  a  fitting  drapery  for  so  beautiful 
a  picture. 

She  looked  pale,  breathed  easily  and  naturally,  and  we  could 
not  discover  that  she  was  harmed  in  the  least. 

Beside  her,  separated  from  her  only  by  a  few  inches  of  ground, 
lay  a  monster  lion,  with  heav}-  mane  and  huge  head,  a  fierce  and 
powerful  looking  beast ;  he  was  as  motionless  as  though  carved  in 
stone ;  one  huge  paw  was  stretched  at  full  length,  upon  which 
rested  his  great  head,  and  the  other  was  drawn  up  under  him ;  he 
took  no  notice  of  her  or  us. 

This  King  of  Beasts  looked  as  peaceful  and  protecting  as  a 
great  Newfoundland  dog. 

What  could  it  mean  ? 

"  They  are  dead  !  "  cried  Jean  excitedly. 

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272  A  ROMANCE   OF    PERFUME   LANDS. 

lie  stepped  boldly  forward. 

We  called  to  him  to  come  back,  but  Le  did  not  heed  us. 

lie  carried  his  rifle  in  his  left  hand,  and  in  his  right  a  huge 
bo\vie  knife,  ready  at  a  moment's  notice  to  strike  if  the  lion 
moved  ;  but  it  did  not  stir.  He  reached  Susie,  and  lifted  her  in 
his  arras,  yet  the  lion  showed  no  signs  of  life. 

What  was  the  reason  ? 

Ah  !  the  nvysteiy  is  solved. 

When  Brad  raised  Susie  an  indescribable  odor  filled  the  air. 

"  Ether,"  said  Jean. 

"  Yes,"  said  I,  u  that  is  the  cause  of  their  sleepiness  ;  in  drag- 
ging Susie  along,  the  bottle  of  ether  which  she  carries  with  her 
for  smothering  insects,  probably  struck  against  that  stone  you  see 
there  just  at  the  hind  feet  of  the  lion,  which  broke  it  or  cracked 
it,  saturating  her  garments  with  its  contents,  the  fumes  over- 
powering both  of  them,  and  we  find  them  sweetly  sleeping,  — The 
Beauty  and  the  Beast." 


CHAPTER  XXX. 

TOURS  IN  GRATITUDE. 

AS  Brad  started  to  bring  Susie  to  us,  she  opened  her  eyes  with 
a  half-frightened,  askant  look,  like  a  child  awakened  from 
a  horrid  dream,  peopled  with  monsters  and  demons. 

Turning  her  head,  she  saw  the  lion,  and  it  flashed  across  her 
mind,  in  what  real  peril  she  had  been,  and  seeing  who  her  de- 
liverer was,  looked  thankfully  up  into  his  face,  put  her  arms 
around  his  neck,  and  nestled  her  head  trustfully  on  his  shoulder ; 
then  she  either  fainted  or  fell  asleep  from  the  effects  of  the 
ether. 

Brad  strained  her  to  him,  while  his  broad  chest  rose  and  fell 
under  the  strength  of  his  emotions,  aad  his  eyes  filled  with  grate- 
ful tears.  Imprinting  an  adoring  and  loving  kiss  on  her  fore- 
head, he  carefully  brought  her  to  us  beyond  the  coppice,  we  not 
having  dared  to  approach  too  near  this  King  of  Beasts.  Brad 
laid  Susie  down,  and  we  did  all  we  could  to  restore  her  to  con- 
sciousness. 

My  wife  took  the  bottle  of  ether  from  Susie's  pocket  and  found 
it  still  half  full.  Patsey  asked  for  it. 

"  Och  plaze  ma'am  give  it  to  me.  I  wants  it  to  make  th'  ould 
fellow  drame  of  his  grantmuthers,  an'  while  he's  convarsing  wid 


274  A   ROMANCE    OF   PERFUME    LANDS. 

her,  I'll  pull  out  his  tallies  an'  toe  nails,  and  train  him  up  for  a 
circus." 

He  went  cautiousty  towards  the  lion,  held  it  under  his  nose. 

The  huge  brute  gave  half  a  dozen  kicks,  clawed  the  air,  and 
soon  showed  by  his  looks  that  he  might  be  "draining  moighty 
hard,"  and  soon  succumbed.  Patsey  saying  that  "  he  would  bet 
considerable  that  the  ould  feller  died  in  the  belief  that  a  flash  from 
Miss  Susie's  bright  03*68  killed  him ; "  but  we  would  not  oblige 
him,  as  we  thought  it  would  be  hard  to  decide  who  won. 

We  soon  succeeded  in  reviving  Susie.  She  was  very  thankful 
for  her  miraculous  escape. 

While  we  were  restoring  Susie,  Patsey  had  taken  the  skin  from 
off  the  lion,  with  the  neatness  and  dispatch  of  an  experienced 
hunter ;  it  was  a  beautiful  one. 

It  was  as  we  supposed.  Susie  had  kept  wandering,  drawn  on 
by  new  beauties,  until  getting  turned  around  she  lost  her  way ; 
directing  her  steps  towards  a  point  which  she  thought  would  at 
last  lead  her  to  the  camp,  she  at  one  time  stooped  to  pick  some 
flowers,  when  she  espied  underneath  some  small  shrubs  a  lion 
watching  her.  She  screamed  and  turned  to  run,  when  he  sprang 
upon  her,  knocking  her  down ;  then  he  took  her  up  in  his  jaws 
and  dragged  her  along  towards  his  den. 

She  kept  perfectly  still,  knowing  it  would  only  cause  more  vio- 
lence, and  be  useless  if  she  resisted.  Oh !  how  earnestly  she 
prayed  for  help.  After  some  distance  had  been  passed  over,  she 
felt  herself  overcome  by  drowsiness,  and  fell  asleep,  wondering 
all  the  time  what  was  the  cause,  and  knew  nothing  more  till  Brad 
awoke  her. 

Brad  picked  up  the  flowers  which  Susie  had  kept  in  her  hand 
through  it  all,  and  preserved,  them  with  the  greatest  care. 


YOURS   IN    GRATITUDE.  275 

Reaching  the  camp  we  proceeded  immediately  on  board,  very 
much  exhausted  by  the  hunt  and  the  excitement. 

As  we  went  up  the  outside  gangway*  steps,  to  go  on  board,  Brad 
ahead,  assisting  Susie,  my  wife  and  I  heard  him  say  to  her,  — 

"Darling,  how  did  you  come  to  let  me  know  you  loved  me? 
It  makes  me  feel  conceited  to  think  you  do,  for  I  supposed  Jean 
was  the  favored  one." 

"  Oh !  don't  ask  me,  Bradford,"  replied  Susie  sh}-ly,  looking  up 
into  his  face,  with  a  half  bashful,  half  pleased  expression. 
"  Probably  I  was  so  thankful  that  someone  came  to  rescue  me  ; 
perhaps  if  it  had  been  any  one  else,  Jean  for  example,  I  might 
have  acted  the  same.  I  don't  see  how  3-011  did  dare  to  think  it  was 
you  in  particular  I  was  so  glad  to  see,"  and  from  the  corners  of 
those  snapping  blue  eyes  of  hers,  a  mischievous  expression  dar- 
ted to  watch  the  effect  on  Brad. 

"  I  hope  I  was  not  mistaken,  but  if  I  was  I  shall  be  most  un- 
happy to  give  place  to  anyone  else,"  replied  Brad,  a  tinge  of  dis- 
appointment in  his  voice.  The  honest  fellow,  he  could  not  bear 
deception  in  ai^thing.  "  But  I  thought  actions  spoke  louder  then 
words." 

"Oh,  no!  of  course  I  could  not  allow  you  to  withdraw  now. 
"What  would  they  think?"  and  she  turned  away  her  head,  acting 
as  if  she  were  making  a  great  sacrifice. 

That  mischievousuess,  so  innate  in  woman  could  not  help  show- 
ing itself;  that  wish  to  test  their  best  friends  in  the  most  trying 
situations,  which  has  caused  so  many  quarrels  by  being  misun- 
derstood, and  when  so  received  the  perpetrator  feels  too  piqued 
to  explain,  and  lets  it  go  on  till  time  widens  the  breach,  un- 
less moved  by  a  generous  impulse  to  acknowledge  their  fault ; 
thfcn  whan  all  is  made  clear,  they  look  back  and  see  how  much 


276  A    ROMANCE    OF    PERfUMF    LANDS. 

unnecessary  pain  they  have  caused,  and  how  much  valuable  time 
they  have  wasted,  or  like  Susie,  their  second  and  better  thoughts 
show  them  at  once  the  folly  of  their  remarks. 

"  But  there,  Bradford  !  "  she  exclaimed,  "  I  won't  try  to  plague 
you,"  —  now  she  spoke  like  her  own  true  self, —  "  in  my  half  con- 
sciousness, either  moved  by  a  feeling  of  gratitude  for  my  miracu- 
lous escape,  and  having  the  one  of  all  others  come  to  save  me,  or 
having  it  brought  so  forcibly  to  my  mind  that  life  was  full  of  dan- 
gers, and  too  short  for  deceptions,  and  seeing  happiness  within 
my  reach,  I  should  be  foolish  not  to  possess  it.  I  am  glad,  more 
than  glad,  that  I  let  you  see  I  loved  you,  for  I  realty  and  truly  do 
love  3'ou,  Bradford." 

The  mischievous  expression  had  left  her  ej-cs,  and  they  were 
filled  with  a  soft,  loving  look,  that  is  so  expressive,  beautiful  and 
womanly  ;  then  the  noise  made  by  the  sailors  coming  on  board, 
the  rattling  and  creaking  of  the  sheaves  in  the  davits  drowned 
their  further  conversation,  but  we  saw  they  were  happy,  and  we 
too  were  glad. 

At  the  foot  of  the  companion  stairs,  Captain  Jacob  and  John 
Gagler  were  awaiting  us,  to  whom  we  related  our  day's  adven- 
tures, and  the  dangerous  situation  Susie  had  been  placed  in  ;  in 
fact,  it  formed  the  subject  of  conversation  until  we  retired. 

The  next  forenoon,  with  steam  up,  we  were  fast  lessening  the 
distance  between  us  and  Europe.  We  were  all  on  deck,  and  we 
were  a  happy  part}',  although  Susie  was  somewhat  unstrung  and 
weak  from  the  shock  to  her  nerves,  and  looked  slightly  paler  than 
usual,  yet  she  said  she  felt  nicel}*,  and  the  happy  light  in  her  eyes 
showed  us  she  was  contented. 

Old  Captain  Cole,  who  as  well  as  John  Gagler  had  been  in- 
formed as  to  how  matters  stood  between  Susie  and  Brad ;  as  the^ 


TOURS   IN   GRATITUDE.  277 

sat  together  talking  about  old  times,  they  would  every  little  while 
look  up  to  watch  Susie  and  Brad  as  they  strolled  fore  and  aft  the 
deck,  arm  in  arm,  as  lovingly  as  a  pair  of  turtle  doves ;  perhaps 
it  was  because  Susie  was  so  weak  yet,  that  she  leaned  so  heavily 
on  Brad's  arm,  —  but  who  can  tell? 

"Wife  and  I  were  sitting  near  the  rail,  she  at  work  upon  some 
kind  of  delicate  embroidery,  and  I  reading  or  watching  the  dis- 
tant shores  of  receding  Africa.  Wife  too  would  cast  a  loving 
look  at  Susie,  full  of  joy  to  see  her  happy. 

Jean  was  reading  a  letter,  in  which  he  was  deeply  absorbed ; 
he  did  not  seem  to  be  as  much  affected  by  the  preference  shown, 
by  Susie  for  Brad  as  we  expected,  but  perhaps  he  found  consola- 
tion in  his  letters,  which  he  seemed  to  find  awaiting  him  at  almost 
every  port  we  entered,  and  which  we  supposed  came  from  his 
father,  until  one  day  a  gust  of  wind  blew  a  couple  of  pages  from 
his  hand  ;  one  of  them  fell  at  my  feet,  and  as  I  stooped  to  pick  it 
up  I  could  not  help  seeing  the  signature,  which  was  in  a  small, 
clear  hand,  —  yours  in  gratitude,  Millie. 

Susie  and  Brad  stopped  as  they  were  walking  towards  us,  and 
Brad  asked, — 

"  How  would  you  like  to  visit  Paris?" 

"  Oh  !  ever  so  much ! "  answered  my  wife. 

"  I  should  be  delighted,  Brad,"  said  I. 

"Will  you  stop  at  Paris,  Captain?"  questioned  Jean.  "I 
wanted  to  ask  you  to  so  much,  but  I  hardly  dared." 

"  I  see  you  are  all  anxious  to  go,  and  I  am  pleased  to  hear  it. 
What  do  you  say,  father?"  said  Brad. 

"Anywhere,  Bradford.  John  and  I  onty  care  to  be  with  you, 
BO  heave  ahead,  my  lad,  we  will  follow  in  your  wake,"  answered 
the  old  gentleman. 


278  A    ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

"Thank  you,  father,"  said  Brad.  "This  little  girl  will  not 
promise  to  be  1113'  wife  until  we  arrive  in  Boston,  but  as  Paris  is 
the  headquarters  for  bridal  outfits,  I  have  persuaded  her  to  go 
there  and  select  all  that  is  requisite,  and  as  .you  are  all  in  favor 
of  it,  we  will  drop  anchor  in  Havre  instead  of  London.  There  is 
the  dinner-gong,  let's  go  below.  Come  father,  friend  John, 
jean, " 

Brad  took  his  father's  arm  on  one  side,  and  Susie  on  the  other, 
and  the  rest  of  us  followed  them.  It  was  a  pretty  picture.  Brad 
guided  his  father's  steps  as  if  he  were  an  infant,  although  old 
Captain  Jacob  was  as  strong  and  heart}'  as  many  a  man  twenty 
years  younger,  but  Brad's  solicitude  could  not  help  showing  it- 
self. Susie  had  hold  of  Captain  Jacob's  left  arm,  and  her  left 
hand  was  clasped  in  his,  she  would  look  admiringly  up  into  his  face 
and  glance  lovingly  across  to  Brad,  while  old  Captain  Jacob's  face 
gleamed  with  joy,  as  he  looked  from  one  to  the  other,  and  thanked 
Heaven  that  in  his  old  age  he  had  found  two  such  good  children 
—  had  found  a  true  son  and  a  kind  daughter. 

During  the  dinner  we  talked  over  our  prospective  visit  to  Paris, 
and  congratulated  Brad  upon  the  happiness  in  store  for  him. 

Having  wood  enough  to  last  us  until  reaching  a  coaling  station, 
we  were  relieved  from  all  anxiety  concerning  our  speed,  which 
continued  at  a  good  rate. 

I  am  afraid  Brad  did  not  care  to  go  leisurely,  and  I  had  not 
much  doubt,  but  what  our  engineer  had  standing  orders  to  keep 
up  steam  and  make  the  best  possible  time  ;  for  night  and  day  we 
bowled  along  at  a  lively  rate. 


CHAPTER    XXXI. 

SELECTING    A    TROUSSEAU. 

HAVING  stopped  at  the  Cape  de  Verde  Islands  to  put  in  a 
supply  of  coal  and  other  necessaries  we  soon  arrived  at 
Havre,  and  from  thence  here  to  Paris,  putting  up  at  the  Hotel 
Mcuricc. 

With  what  wondering  eyes  Captain  Jacob  regarded  all  the 
bustle,  growth,  and  advance  of  the  civilized  world,  r.o  one  could 
imagine  who  did  not  see  him,  or  who  has  not  been  placed  in  a  like 
position. 

To  visit  the  sights  of  the  city  was  our  first  object.  Brad 
seemed  a  little  impatient,  and  was  continually  urging  Susie  and 
my  wife  to  purchase,  and  have  made  as  quickly  as  possible  the 
trousseau.  It  was  not  a  great  while  before  the  large  parlor  in 
the  suite  was  filled  with  bundles  and  packages. 

Every  day  and  evening  we  were  asked  to  admire  some  new 
addition  to  the  collection.  The  ladies  were  in  their  gloiy,  but 
remonstrated  with  Brad,  and  at  last  positively  refused  to  receive 
any  more  articles,  and  said  they  would  return  them  to  the  deal- 
ers, and  tell  them  he  was  craz}'  if  he  persisted  in  buying.  The 
great  want  was  the  wedding  dress,  which  was  not  permitted  to  be 
seen,  — 

S7» 


280  A   ROMANCE    OP   PERFUME    LANDS. 

"  Until  the  grand  occasion,"  said  Susie,  laughingly,  and  blush- 
ing a  little  withal. 

We  were  conducted  by  Jean  about  the  city,  with  which  he  had 
once  been  so  familiar.  I  was  not  much  surprised,  after  we  had 
seen  almost  everything  of  note,  at  his  asking  pel-mission  to  ab- 
sent himself  from  us  for  a  short  time  to  visit  his  father. 

On  our  arriving  here  he  had  immediately  repaired  to  the  Post 
Office,  and  returned  with  radiant  face,  so  I  supposed  he  had  re- 
ceived good  news. 

Meanwhile  Brad  and  Susie,  with  the  help  of  my  wife,  still  kept 
purchasing  little  nick-nacks  for  the  coming  occasion.  Jean  re- 
turned, but  we  could  not  get  him  to  confess  to  anything.  He 
answered  to  our  inquiries  that,  "father  is  in  good  health,  and 
Millie  is  still  with  him,  '  the  joy  of  his  old  age,  and  the  life  of  the 
house,' "  as  his  father  called  her,  he  said.  ' '  The}*  wanted  me  to  stay 
with  them,  but  I  had  thought  of  a  better  plan,  and  that  was  the 
reason  I  wanted  to  sec  father  personally,  that  is,  that  he  should 
dispose  of  his  estates  and  come  to  America  and  live  with  me. 

"  Did  he  agree?"  we  asked. 

44  Offer  him,  for  me,  a  passage  in  the  Cynthia,  that  is  if  he  is 
willing  to  stop  at  London  on  the  way,"  said  Brad,  "  and  Millie, 
too ;  don't  forget  Millie,"  and  Brad  looked  at  Jean  somewhat 
quizzing!}*. 

"Oh,  thank  3-011,  Captain!  you  are  too  kind.  He  would  be 
delighted,  and  so  would  I,"  said  Jean. 

"Write  to  him  immediately,  Jean,"  said  I,  44  and  have  them 
join  us  here." 

While  here  in  Paris,  Jean  and  I  improved  the  opportunity  and 
visited  the  most  extensive  and  popular  perfumer}*  establishments, 
Lubiii's,  Coudray's,  Rimmel's,  Violet's,  Piver's  and  others.  The 


THE 


77/£  PERFECTION  OF  ELEGANCE  AND  UTILITY! 

The  New  Hub  IB  made  with 

Low  farming  Closets, 
High  Warming  Closets, 
High  Ornamental  Stakes, 
Hot-Water  Reservoirs, 
Cabinet  Bases, 

Together  with  the  largest  oven  made, 

taking  Eight  Full  Sized  Pie 

Plates  at  a  time. 

THE    RESERVOIR    BOILS    TUB 
WATER  READILY. 

THE    NEW    HUB 

Xi  an  embodiment  of  everything  that  can  be  desired  in  a  Cooking  Apparatus,  and  is  every- 

where creating  the  greatest  enthusiasm  among  our  Housekeepers. 

Among  its  special  features  are  : 

Steel  Finished  Edges  and  Mouldings,   Patent  Double  Quick  Damper, 

Reed's  Paten;  Check  Draft,  Patent  Reflex  Grate,   Oven  Shelf 

for  Basting  Meats,  Different  Lengths  of  Legs,  Unusually 

Large  Oven,    and   Hub  Towel  Dryer. 

The  New  Hub  is  for  sale  by  Dealers  .everywhere.    It  is  trade  in  sixty  distinct  styles  and 
sizes,  affording  an  unrivalled  assortment  to  select  from.    Manufactured  by 

SMITH  &  ANTHONY  STOVE  COMPANY, 

GQ   and    £>-A    Union    Street,     Boston, 

FOUNDRIES     AT    WAKEFIELD,    MASS. 


SELECTING   A   TROUSSEAU.  281 

wonderful  variety  and  immense  quantity  of  perfumes,  put  up  in 
every  conceivable  manner,  and  the  beautiful  and  exquisite  toilet 
articles,  which  we  examined,  showed  what  a  centre  of  luxury, 
beauty  and  fashion,  is  Paris,  and  what  an  immense  trade  this  city 
enjo}'s  from  the  refined  nations  of  the  world. 

Millie  Stanley  and  Mons.  Souplesse  arrived  a  few  da}*s  after 
Jean  wrote  to  them.  Millie  was  charming,  and  more  womanly 
than  when  we  first  saw  her,  —  a  regal  brunette,  all  beaut}*. 

Mons.  Souplesse  was  as  nervous  and  excitable  as  ever,  over- 
flowing with  congratulations  and  good  wishes,  and  delighted  with 
the  prospect  of  a  trip  to  the  United  States  with  us. 

We  were  but  awaiting  their  arrival  to  end  our  visit,  so  the  day 
after,  we  took  the  cars  for  Havre,  and  reaching  in  safety  the  Cyn- 
thia, started  for  London. 

Brad  had  apprised  his  aunt  and  uncle  of  the  success  of  his 
search,  and  of  the  time  he  expected  to  meet  them ;  we  were  not 
surprised,  therefore,  when  we  put  in  at  the  wharf  to  have  Brad 
point  them  out  to  us,  also  two  of  his  cousins,  their  sou  and 
daughter. 

We  received  a  cordial  welcome,  and  old  Captain  Jacob  was 
overwhelmed  with  congratulations  and  looked  upon  with  almost 
awe  as  one  raised  from  the  dead.  Brad  and  his  father  entered 
his  uncle's  carriage,  and  the  rest  of  us  followed  them  in  a  carryall, 
and  after  an  hour's  ride  arrived  at  their  residence. 

After  dining,  to  the  numerous  questions  asked  Brad,  he  gave 
an  account  of  his  journcyings  since  he  left  them. 

Late  in  the  afternoon  he  and  his  father  visited  his  mother's 
grave,  and  sought  out  all  the  friends  of  his  father  whom 
the}'  knew  were  living,  which  were  but  few.  They  came  back 
looking  sad  and  thoughtful,  but  quickly  livened  up  after  a  short 


282  A  KOMANCE    OK    PERFUME    LANDS. 

conversation,  with  Brad's  aunt  and  uncle,  who  were  a  very  cheei 
ful  couple. 

Mr.  Danforth  had  given  up  the  sea,  and  settled  down  to  enjoy 
the  rest  of  his  life  in  cultivating  his  land  and  studying  upon  in- 
ventions, to  make  the  life  of  poor  Jack  more  enjoyable  and  safe 
—  less  like  that  of  a  slave. 

Brad  would  probably  have  made  quite  a  stay  here,  but  when  a 
man  is  going  to  be  married  he  becomes  impatient,  and  time  hangs 
heavily,  so  we  were  shortly  apprised  of  the  fact  that  he  was  ready 
to  start.  We  were  perhaps  as  anxious  to  see  home  and  friends 
once  more,  as  he  was  to  get  to  America ;  with  our  long  voyage 
and  many  adventures  we  were  quite  fatigued,  and  quietness  and 
rest  we  felt  would  be  pleasurable,  for  a  short  time  at  least. 

Having  leisure  we  visited  the  Lavender  Farms  at  Mitcham,  in 
Surrey,  and  at  Ilitchin,  in  Herts,  where  lavender  is  grown  to  an 
enormous  extent ;  in  fact,  the  above  mentioned  towns  are  the 
principal  places  of  its  production,  in  a  commercial  point  of  view. 

The  climate  of  England  appears  to  be  better  adapted  to  the  per- 
fect development  of  tuis  fine  old  perfume,  than  any  other  on  the 
globe. 

"The  ancients,"  said  Jean,  "employed  the  flowers  and  the 
leaves  to  aromatize  their  baths,  and  to  give  a  sweet  scent  to  the 
water  in  which  the}'  washed."  '^ 

"  Hence  the  generic  name  of  the  plant,  Lavandula"  observed 
Susie,  "  from  lavare,  to  wash." 

"Very  large  quantities  are  also  grown  in  France,"  said  Jean, 
"  producing  a  ver}-  fair  quality  of  otto." 

"  Yes,"  I  remarked,  "  what  is  called  Alpine  lavender  is  very 
good ;  but  the  fine  odor  of  the  British  produce,  realizes  in  the 
market  four  times  the  price  of  that  of  continental  growth." 


SELECTING   A  TROUSSEAU.  283 

"  Lavandula  vera  is  a  native  of  Persia,  the  Canaries,  Barbary, 
ami  the  south  of  Europe,"  said  Susie. 

"It  is  said  to  have  been  first  been  brought  here  to  England 
from  the  south  of  Europe,"  said  Jean,  "where,  finding  a  conge- 
nial soil  and  being  carefully  cultivated,  it  was  found  to  yield  a 
much  superior  otto  to  that  produced  from  it  in  its  original  places 
of  growth." 

"The  peculiar  qualities  of  most  plants  are  susceptible  of 
change,"  said  Susie,  "  and  in  many  instances  of  improvement, 
bjT  cultivation,  but  none,  perhaps,  more  so  than  this.  It  is  not 
even  in  all  parts  of  this  countr}'  that  it  can  be  grown  with 
success." 

"  Inferior  ottos  of  lavender  are  distilled  from  the  stalks,  leaves 
and  flowers  of  the  plant,"  I  said,  "but  the  finest  is  produced 
from  the  flowers  alone,  and  is  used  in  making  lavender  water  of 
the  most  refreshing  fragrance." 


CHAPTER  XXXII 

JEAN'S  HIDDEN  TREASURES. 

A  BOUT  a  week  after  being  out  from  London,  Brad  had  gone  be- 
£*-  low,  and  Jean  and  I  were  walking  to  and  fro  on  deck,  when 
Jean  said,  — 

"  How  would  j-ou  like  to  accompany  me  in  a  search  for  treas- 
ures, Mr.  Montague?" 

"  Treasures,  Jean  ! "  I  exclaimed,  "  surely  you  are  not  serious." 

" Never  more  so,  sir,"  he  answered.  "I  do  not  mean  gold 
and  silver,  though  this  that  I  expect  to  find  can  be  easily  turned 
into  gold." 

"  Have  you  been  studying  alchemy  lately,  going  to  search  for 
the  philosopher's  stone?"  I  asked. 

"No,  sir,"  he  replied,  laughing.  "But  will  you  agree  to  go 
with  me  ?  I  have  obtained  a  promise  from  Captain  Cole  to  steam 
around  to  the  place,  as  it  is  not  far  out  of  our  course,  and  assist 
me  in  my  operations.  I  think  it  will  be  interesting  to  you  also." 

"  Certainly,  I  will  help  you,"  I  said.  "  When  shall  we  reach 
the  place  ?  " 

"  To-morrow  afternoon,  sir,"  he  answered. 

I  wondered  what  could  have  got  into  Jean's  head  ;  then  forgot  all 
about  the  subject  until  Jean  at  dinner  reminded  me  of  it. 


JEAN  S    HIDDEN    TREASURES.  ZOO 

""WTiere  arc  we  heading,  Brad?"  I  asked. 

"  Gal  way  Bay,"  he  answered. 

Coming  on  deck  during  the  forenoon  of  the  day  we  anchored 
off  the  Arran  Islands,  I  was  surprised  to  see  a  man  standing  at 
the  bow,  clad  in  full  diving  armor.  He  also  had  a  Rumkorff 
apparatus  to  furnish  light  b}-  electricity  while  under  water,  and 
attached  to  his  helmet  was  a  new  kind  of  conversational  tube,  so 
as  to  be  able  to  talk  with  those  above  water,  making  it  less  lone- 
some and  safer  for  the  diver.  He  also  had  a  small  pickaxe. 
Going  up  to  the  man,  he  took  off  his  helmet. 

It  was  Jean. 

"  How  do  3'ou  like  my  new  uniform?"  he  asked.  "  I  am  ready 
for  my  search  for  treasures,"  and  he  laughed  gleefully. 

The  boat  was  being  lowered,  and  soon  was  reported  ready. 
We  went  over  the  ship's  side,  and  the  boat  was  headed  in  the  di- 
rection indicated  "by  Jean. 

There  were  two  men  detailed  to  assist  Jean,  and  I  took  the 
speaking  tube  and  stationed  n^self  so  as  to  converse  with  Jean 
while  he  was  on  the  bottom  of  the  sea.  Brad  was  in  the  cox- 
swain's seat  and  guided  the  boat. 

Coming  to  the  spot  designated,  Jean  prepared  to  descend,  and 
soon  disappeared  beneath  the  waves.  Shortly  after  he  reached 
bottom,  his  voice  came  tkrough  the  tube,  telling  me,  — 

"Order  the  boat  a  little  to  the  north,  more  in  shore.  I  sec 
what  appears  to  be  a  long,  low  hill ;  I  should  like  to  examine  it." 

The  boat  was  moved  slowty  towards  the  shore,  when  an  excla- 
mation and  signal  from  Jean  caused  the  men  to  suddenly  cease. 

"•  It  is  a  large  sperm  whale,"  came  his  voice  from  below  ;  "  back 
slowly,  he  has  not  seen  me  as  yet ;  he  is  an  ugly  looking  fellow, 
the  largest  I  ever  saw,  —  " 


286  A   ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

"We  anxiously  watched  the  signal-line. 

Suddenly  came  a  quick  signal  to  pull  up. 

"  Be  quick  !  he  has  seen  my  light,  and  is  heading  for  me.  1 
am  afraid  he  is  going  to  attack  me." 

The  men  exerted  all  their  strength  ;  the  rope  spun  through  the 
water. 

Should  we  be  in  time  ?     It  was  a  moment  of  suspense. 

Just  as  Jean's  head  rose  above  the  water,  a  commotion  ensued 
only  a  few  feet  away,  and  in  a  second  —  almost  before  we  could 
pull  Jean  over  the  gunwale  —  a  monster  spermaceti  whale  broke 
water,  and  with  open  mouth  charged  upon  us. 

"  Pull,  nry  lads  ! "  cried  Brad.     "  Hearty  now ! " 

The  boat  almost  leaped  from  the  water  and  awa}'  we  went,  but 
the  huge  cetacean  did  not  follow  far.  lie  blew  forth  a  small 
water-spout  as  a  vent  for  his  rage,  then  plunged  beneath  his  ele- 
ment ;  we  saw  him  rise  again,  but  a  long  distance  awa}'. 

We  were  resting  on  our  oars  watching  this  one,  when  we  were 
surprised  by  a  disturbance  behind  us ;  turning  we  saw  another 
monster  whale  heading  for  us,  we  barely  had  time  to  pull  out  of 
the  reach  of  his  huge  jaws. 

He  also  soon  disappeared  in  the  distance. 

"Guardians  to  the  treasures  I  seek,"  said  Jean,  coolly.  "I 
shall  try  another  descent.  The  presence  of  the  monsters  is  one 
of  the  best  indications  I  could  have." 

This  time  we  went  in  still  nearer  the  shore. 

Once  more  the  water  closed  over  Jean's  head. 

"  How  does  it  appear  now?"  I  asked  through  the  tube. 

"  All  right,"  answered  Jean ;  "  lower  the  pickaxe  and  the  bag." 

"VVe  did  so. 

Had  Jean  discovered  his  treasures  so  quickly? 


JEAN'S  HIDDEN  TREASURES.  287 

For  some  minutes  Jean  did  not  speak,  but  we  felt  slight  vibra 
tions  of  the  ropes,  as  if  he  was  digging.  Then  came  a  faint.  — 
"Hurrah!" 

"Pull  up  your  treasures," 'came  the  call  from  below." 

If  we  felt  an}'  excitement  at  the  word  "  treasures"  we  did  not 
show  it,  but  pulled  till  the  bag  appeared  above  the  surface. 

"Examine  the  contents,"  said  Jean  from  the  deep,  like  some 
King  of  the  Sea. 

We  took  the  lump  from  the  bag.  It  was  not  heavy,  compara- 
tively to  its  size,  and  by  that  I  knew  it  was  not  gold  or  sil- 
ver. I  could  not  understand  it,  and  Brad  looked  at  me  inquir- 
ingly. 

Why  did  Jean  call  it  "  treasure"  I  wondered. 

The  substance  was  of  a  deep  gray  externally,  and  light  gray  on 
the  edges,  darker  near  the  top  layers.  I  broke  a  small  piece  off; 
it  seemed  to  have  a  waxy  fracture  with  yellow,  and  a  few  black 
streaks  within. 

"  Could  it  be?"  I  asked  myself. 

This  lump  which  I  held  in  my  hand,  whose  weight  was  not  less 
than  ten  pounds  —  could  it  be? 

I  smelt  of  it.     Yes,  there  was  no  doubt. 

"It  is  Ambergris,  Brad,"  I  exclaimed,  excitedly. 

"You  may  well  call  it  treasure,  Jean,"  I  called  back  to  him 
through  the  tube.  "  This  piece  you  have  sent  up  is  worth  more 
than  three  thousand  dollars,  as  the  best  ambergris  you  know  is 
never  worth  ^ss  than  twenty  dollars  per  ounce,  and  you  have  sent 
up  a  lump  containing  more  than  one  hundred  and  sixty  ounces. 
You  had  better  come  up  now." 

"Not  yet,"  came  back  the  answer.  "Send  down  the  l«ug 
again." 


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Pago  288. 


288  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME    LANDS. 

"Is  there  any  more  left?"  I  asked  in  astonishment. 

"  Lower  and  I  will  convince  3-011,  sir,"  he  replied. 

"We  did  so,  and  soon  pulled  it  up  full  to  the  brim.  In  a  few 
minutes  Jean  rose  to  the  surface,  and  was  pulled  into  the  boat  to 
receive  our  congratulations. 

"  For  the  ship,"  said  Jean,  "  and  I  will  explain  to  you  as  soon 
as  I  become  rested." 

"We  had  taken  off  his  helmet  as  soon  as  he  got  into  the  boat ; 
after  awhile  he  said,  — 

"  You  know,  sir,  for  a  long  time  it  has  puzzed  savans  to  account 
for  the  origin  of  ambergris,  and  that  there  have  been  many  vol- 
umes written  to  explain  it,  but  the  question  respecting  it  is  still 
at  issue.  It  is  discovered  in  the  stomachs  of  the  most  voracious 
fishes,  these  animals  swallowing  at  particular  times,  everything 
they  happen  to  meet.  It  has  been  particular!}'  found  in  the  intes- 
tines of  the  spermaceti  whale,  Physeter  Macrocephalus.  As  we 
have  just  seen,  there  is  not  a  more  appalling  spectacle  than  to 
look  down  into  the  capacious  maws  of  these  ferocious  cetaceans. 
They  are  almost  all  mouth  and  teeth,  and  are  sometimes  seventy-five 
feet  long,  their  enormous  heads  occupying  one-third  of  their  entire 
bod}".  Their  jaws  are  supplied  with  twent3'-five  large  tusks,  each 
weighing  as  much  as  two  pounds,  and  are  eight  inches  in  length. 

"It  is  found  most  commonly  in  sickl3T  fish,  whence  it  is  sup- 
posed to  be  the  cause  or  effect  of  disease.  It  is  probabl}-  the 
cause  and  not  the  effect. 

"  Some  suppose  it  to  be  a  vegetable  production  of  the  same 
nature  as  3'ellow  amber,  whence  it  derives  its  name,  grey  amber, 
—  ambre-gris. 

"  It  would,  however,  take  a  week  to  tell  }*ou  all  the  theories  I 
have  read  about  its  production,  which  could  probably  be  satisfao- 


JEAN'S  HIDDEN  TREASURES.  289 

torily  explained  if  our  modern  appliances  were  brought  to  bear 
upon  the  subject.  The  field  is  open  to  any  scientific  enthusiast ; 
all  recent  authors  who  mention  it,  morel}'  quote  facts  known  a 
century  ago,  nay  more,  for  in  the  sixth  voyage  of  Sinbad  the 
Sailor,  he  says  :  — 

"  '  Instead  of  taking  my  way  to  the  Persian  Gulf,  I  travelled 
once  more  through  several  provinces  of  Persia  and  the  Indies,  and 
arrived  at  a  seaport,  where  I  embarked  on  board  a  ship,  the  cap- 
tain of  which  was  resolved  on  a  long  vo}-age.' 

"  Shortly  after  they  were  wrecked,  and  then  describing  the  place, 
Sinbad  says :  — 

"  '  Here  is  also  a  fountain  of  pitch  and  bitumen  that  runs  into 
the  sea,  which  the  fishes  swallow,  and  then  vomit  it  up  again,  turned 
into  ambergris.' " 

"  No  doubt,"  remarked  Brad,  "  the  writer  was  wrecked  some- 
where on  the  coast  of  Pegu,  near  Rangoon,  where  there  are  natu- 
ral petroleum  springs  to  this  da}'." 

"Yes,  and  it  is  something  to  say  of  science,"  I  said  to  him, 
"  that  in  our  day  beautiful  white,  wax-like,  or  true  paraffinc  can- 
dles are  made  from  this  Rangoon  tar,  but  \vhich  in  Sinbad's  time, 
'  was  swallowed  by  fishes,  and  turned  into  ambergris.' " 

"  What  is  ambergris  used  for?"  asked  Brad. 

"  As  an  extract,"  answered  Jean  ;  "  it  is  used  to  give  perma- 
nency to  very  fleeting  scents,  as  it  undergoes  slow  decomposition 
and  possesses  very  little  volatility ;  both  musk  and  ambergris 
contain  a  substance  which  clings  pertinaciously  to  woven  fabrics, 
and  not  being  soluble  in  weak  alkaline  lyes,  is  still  found  upon 
the  material  after  passing  through  the  lavatory  ordeal. 

"  When  ambergris  is  powdered,  it  is  used  in  the  manufacture  of 
cassolettes,  little  ivory  boxes,  perforated,  which  are  made  to  con- 


290  A    ROMANCE    OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 

tain  a  paste  of  odoriferous  substances,  to  carry  in  the  pocket  ot 
reticule,  also  in  the  making  of  peau  d'Espagne,  or  .Spanish  skin, 
used  for  perfuming  writing  paper  and  envelopes." 

"Queen  Elizabeth,"  I  said,  "had  a  cloak  of  this  Spanish 
leather,  the  value  of  which  may  be  estimated  by  stating  that 
pieces  of  "Peau  d'Espagne"  are  sold  by  Boston  Perfumers  at 
seventy-five  cents  the  square  inch ;  even  her  shoes  were  per- 
fumed." 

"  I  can't  say  that  I  admire  its  odor,"  said  Brad,  smelling  of  a 
piece  of  the  ambergris. 

"  Its  odor  now  is  of  course  too  powerful,"  said  Jean,  "  as  are  most 
all  crude  substances,  but  when  prepared  correctly  it  gives  entire 
satisfaction.  Its  odor  then  is  agreeable,  peculiar,  diffusive,  and 
ethereal.  Its  chief  constituent  is  amlreine,  which  crystallizes  on 
cooling  from  a  saturated  solution  of  ambergris  in  boiling  al- 
cohol." 

k<  But  how  came  you  to  think  of  diving  to  the  bottom  of  the 
ocean  to  find  it?"  asked  Brad. 

"  Well,  Captain,  I  will  tell  you,"  said  Jean.  "  Reading  and 
thinking  over  the  many  observations  on  ambergris,  I  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  it  is  nothing  more  nor  less  than  the  faeces  of  the 
spermaceti  whale  under  certain  conditions  and  food,  probably 
stoppage ;  in  this  conclusion  I  am  uphold  by  man}'  others,  as 
Captain  Buckland,  Hombcrg,  and  G.  "W.  Septimus  Piesse. 

"It  is  known  that  the  ambergris  whale  feeds  on  cuttle-fish. 
This  creature  is  armed  with  a  sharp,  pointed,  curved,  black  horn, 
exceeding!}7  hard,  tough,  and  indestructible.  On  breaking  up 
good  specimens  of  ambergris,  I  always  find  perfect  specimens  ot 
this  beak,  and  I  remember  one  large  ball  of  ambergris  that  Mr. 
Montague  bought  of  a  sea  captain,  who  had  taken  it  out  of  a 


JEAN'S  HIDDEN  TKEASURES.  291 

whale,  which  was  completely  studded  on  the  outsiile  with  cuttle- 
fish beaks. 

"You  will  notice  them  in  that  piece,  Captain,  if  you  look 
closely."  and  Jean  handed  Brad  a  small  piece  from  the  bag. 
"  These  beaks  appear  to  escape,  or  to  be  incapable  of  digestion, 
and  are  thus  excreted  with  the  biliary  matter.  On  these  facta 
and  suppositions  I  determined  at  the  first  opportunity  to  visit  one 
of  the  places  noted  for  its  finds  of  ambergris,  and  explore. 

"I  knew  it  was  found  floating  on  the  sea  near  the  coasts  of 
Japan,  China,  India,  and  the  western  coast  of  Ireland,  near  the 
counties  of  Sligo  and  Kerry,  besides  at  this  place.  The  other 
places  I  did  not  think  so  favorable  as  this. 

"The  largest  piece  I  ever  heard  of,  was  one  weighing  one 
hundred  and  eighty-two  pounds  which  the  East  India  Company 
bought  of  the  King  of  Thydore,  and  there  is  also  an  account  of  a 
piece  found  on  the  beach  near  here  in  the  year  1091,  which 
weighed  fifty-two  ounces,  and  was  bought  on  the  spot  for  one 
hundred  dollars,  but  which  afterwards  was  sold  in  London  for 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars. 

"  My  experiment  has  proved  my  conclusion,  as  well  as  others, 
to  be  true,  for  that  small  lot  in  the  bag  bears  the  same  relation 
to  the  size  of  the  whole  deposit  as  a  cask  of  guano  bears  to  the 
deposits  on  the  Islands  of  Chili,  and  like  them  has  been  ac- 
cumulating for  centuries. 

"  The  pieces  found  floating  on  the  water,  or  cast  up  on  the 
beach,  are  merely  lighter  portions  detached  from  the  masses  in 
different  parts  of  the  sea,  by  some  disturbance,  either  natural  or 
artificial.  At  the  spot  I  visited  there  is  a  perfect  mine  of  it,  an1 
\viM  furnish  the  perfumers  of  the  world,  and  those  who  admire  ita 
odor,  with  this  costly  perfume  substance  for  ages  to  come." 


292  A   ROJIAXCE    OF   PERFUME    LAJvTDS. 

By  this  time  we  had  reached  the  ship,  and  we  climbed  on 
board.  Jean  had  obtained  enough  ambergris  to  last  some  time, 
and  taking  bearings  of  the  exact  spot,  he  told  Brad  he  had  fin- 
ished his  explorations. 

After  we  got  aboard,  Brad  gave  orders  to  bont  ship,  and  heave 
ahead  ;  we  started  for  Bantry  Bay  to  stop  at  Bantry  for  Patsey, 
whom  we  had  let  off  to  visit  his  parents. 

We  were  not  long  in  the  offing  before  we  saw  a  boat  coming 
towards  us,  and  Patsey  in  the  stern  standing  up  and  waving  his 
hat. 

We  welcomed  him  back,  for  he  was  not  certain  that  he  should 
return,  but  would  remain  in  Ireland  with  his  friends. 

"Did  you  find  your  folks,  Patsey?"  I  asked,  after  he  had  fin- 
ished receiving  the  congratulations,  for  he  was  a  great  favorite. 

"Faith  an'  I  did  sir,  all  but  the  dead  ones;  me  poor  ould 
muther  died  a  year  ago,  and  me  faj-thur  was  that  glad  to  see  me 
he  couldn't  stand  at  all.  Two  brothers  of  mine  started  for  Amor- 
iky  some  six  months  ago,  and  a  sisther  who  was  but  a  wee  bit  of 
a  colleen  whin  I  left  home,  takes  care  of  me  ould  daddjV 

"Have  you  enjoyed  j-ourself,  while  awa}~,  Patsey?"  inquired 
Susie. 

"  Oh  !  bless  yer  eyes  ma'am,  I  did  iver  so  much,"  he  replied. 
I  wint  to  a  fair  —  a  regular  tearing  Irish  fair  —  at  Donny brook, 
an'  carried  off  siveral  prizes,  an'  thereby  won  the  admiring  glan- 
ces of  all  the  bright  oiyed  lasses,  an'  the  hate  of  all  the  fellers ; 
an'  I  wint  around  visiting  me  frinds,  an'  attinded  two  wakes ; 
such  fun  ;  och  !  my !  how  drunk  they  all  were  ! " 

" But  I  hope  you  did  not  drink,  Patsey?"  my  wife  asked  anx- 
iously. "  I  never  saw  you  the  worse  for  liqu  >r,  or  use  tobacco, 
and  I  truly  hope  you  did  not." 


JEAN'S  HIDDEN  TREASURES.  293 

"  Do  yees  think  me  lower  than  the  bastes,  ma'am?"  he  re- 
plied. 

•;Oh,  no  ! "  she  answered.  "  I  supposed  3*ou  had  more  sense 
than  the}-,  for  it  is  well  known  that  all  animals  possess  enough 
not  to  touch  either." 

"  Faith,  ma'am,  an'  do  ye  think  I  could  have  a  stidy  oiye,  an'  a 
clear  head,  if  I  used  them  nasty  things?"  he  replied. 

For  once  we  saw  Patsey  serious. 

"  Whin  I  mate  anyone  who  uses  naythur,  I  know  I  have  a  corn- 
pi  titor  of  whom  to  be  afeercd  ;  but  when  I  know  he  has  ayther  of 
those  bad  habits,  I  troubles  mesclf  but  little  ;  he  may  go  on  safely 
and  surely  fur  a  long  while  but  at  the  rale  time  for  action  his 
brains  and  iverything  fails  him.  Let  them  idjuts  who  wish  to 
endulge  do  so,  sure  an'  then  for  those  who  do  not  there  is  a  better 
chance, — th'  drunkards  are  soon  left  bahind. 

"  While  I  live  I  manes  to  live,  and  give  all  me  faculties  ivery 
odvantage.  To  be  sure,  I  hev  not  lied  the  binefits  of  cdycation, 
but  I  hcv  lied  the  upportunity  of  cultiveting  me  bod}*,  an'  I  hev 
brought  that  almost  to  parfcction ;  ivery  muscle  obeys  me  will, 
an'  is  thrue  to  me,  an'  ivery  narve  is  steady  an'  niver  fails  me ; 
me  health  is  parfcct  in  any  clime,  be  it  hot  or  could. 

"  Do  yees  think  I'm  crazy  anough  to  un'ermine  all  thase,  and 
live  a  loife  of  narvousncss,  sickness,  and  misery,  to  gratife  a  vile 
appetate  for  rum  an'  baccy  ?  No  !  " 

How  much  better,  I  thought,  would  be  the  condition  and  hap- 
piness of  many  others,  far  better  educated,  and  priding  them- 
selves upon  having  more  brains,  if  the}*  but  followed  the  teachings 
of  this  uneducated,  but  smart  and  sensible  Irish  boy. 

Leaving  Bantry  Bay,  we  steamed  on,  night  and  day,  nothing 
out  of  the  common  course  of  events  happening.  At  every  night's 


294  A   ROMANCE    OF    PERFUME   LANDS. 

dose  we  -were  glad  we  -were  one  day's  journey  less  from  the  ohl 
Hub,  and  home. 

At  lust  we  made  Cape  Cod  Light,  from  which  we  first  took  our 
bearings ;  we  felt  now  as  if  we  were  realty  within  the  Influences 
of  home ;  familiar  landmarks  continued  to  appear  until  we  were 
surrounded  with  them,  then  that  feeling  of  safety  and  surety  of 
rest  and  peace  came  over  us,  and  we  felt  more  than  content.  It 
seemed  perfectly  natural  to  break  forth  in  song,  and  the  words  of 
that  well  beloved  one,  "  Home,  Sweet  Home,"  were  truly  sweet 
to  hear,  as  carolled  by"  such  voices  as  Susie,  Millie,  and  Jean 
possessed,  and  under  such  circumstances ;  as  by  one  accord, 
sailors  and  all  joined  in  the  chorus  as  if  in  praise  and  gladness. 
As  the  ship  rubbed  against  the  wharf,  twts  secured,  and  the  gang 
plank  laid,  we  could  hardly  realize  we  had  but  to  make  a  step, 
and  we  should  be  in  our  native  city. 

The  word  "  Home"  had  a  new  meaning  to  us,  and  we  felt  truly 
thankful  that  we  had  been  protected  in  our  wanderings,  and  had 
been  so  successful  in  our  undertakings. 

Since  our  arrival,  the  friend  of  my  boyhood,  our  Captain,  and  his 
bride,  together  with  old  Captain  Cole  and  John  Gagler,  have 
sailed  for  old  England  ;  and  we  are  soon  expecting  another  couple 
will  be  joined  together,  —  our  faithful  Jean  and  Millie,  —  for 
which  occasion  grand  preparations  are  being  made. 

Jean's  father  is  with  us,  and  likes  America  exceedingly,  espe- 
cially as  Jean  is  now  as  wealthy,  and  perhaps  more  so,  than  any 
of  us,  from  his  Ambergris  mine. 

By  the  pecuniary  aid  of  Brad,  Jean,  and  myself,  Patsey  is  the 
owner  and  manager  of  one  of  the  largest  circuses  and  menageries 
in  the  United  States,  and  is  in  his  element  and  contented  as  can 
be  imagined. 


JEAN'S  HIDDEN  TREASURES. 


295 


As  for  my  wife  and  self,  we  are  as  settled  and  sedate  as  be- 
come a  couple  of  our  age,  and  happy  as  we  can  wish  to  be,  and 
hope  that  all  the  readers  of  the  past  pages,  may  never  have  cause 
to  feel  less  joyful  than  do  those  who  sailed  upon  the  Cynthia,  in 
search  of  CAPTAIN  JACOB  COLE. 


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INDEX. 


Page. 

Absorption,  215 

Acacia,  148 

"      Pomade  182 

Adulterations  in  ottos,  To 

detect  105 

"  of  otto  of  roses,To  detect  226 


Musk 

Alloxan, 

Ambergris, 

"         Extract  of 
"         Mine,  The 

Ambreine, 

Ambrette  Seeds, 

Ammonia, 

Areca  Nut, 

Aromatic  Vinegar, 

Assafoetida, 

Avicenna, 

Baldness, 
Balsam  Coast, 

of  Mecca, 


Banana, 


174 
237 
287 
289 
294 
290 
63 

5,  86,  124 
154 
242 
99 
225 
49 
78 
180 

"  Peru,  77 

"       "     Soap,         77 
"  Styrax,  180 

"  Tolu,  76 

38 

Barber  to  the  King  of  Persia  238 
Bay  Rum,  62 


Beauty, 
Bears  Grease, 
Behen  Tree, 
Benzoin  Gum, 
Benzoic  Acid, 
Benne  Oil, 
Bergamot, 


Page. 
60 
49 
63 

181 
98.  58,  55 

48,  53 
205 


Blush,  Sympathetic  237 
Botanical  Gardens,  Calcutta,  180 

Camalata,  160 

Camellias,  108 

Camphor,  66,  99,  106 

Cannes,  29 

Cardamon  Seeds,  162 

Carmine,  60 

Cassia,  148,  153 

Cassia  Buds,  154 

Cassie,  148 

"  Pomade,  182 

Cassolettes,  289 

Castor  Oil,  53,  48 

"  To  detect,  105 

Cedar,  32 

Cedarwood,  31 

Cedria,  31 

Censers,  229 

Charcoal  in  Pastilles,  98 

Chinese  Barber,  101 


A    ROMANCE    OP    PERFUME    LANDS. 


rage. 

Chinese  Funerals,     99,  102,  104 
"        Perfumer,  102 

"        Perfumery,  99,  102 

Cinnamon,  66,  110,  153 

Citronella,  152 

Civet,  156 

Cloves,  66,  110,  112,  184 

Cochineal,  59 

Coconut  Oil,  182 

Colognes,  143 

Composition  of  odors,  To  find  86 
Corsets,  60 

Cotton  Seed  Oil,  48,  53 


Distillation, 
Dressing  the  Hair, 
Duality  of  odor, 
Dye  for  the  Hair, 


21,  103 

100,  101 

143 

247 


Egyptian  Festival,  The  192 

Enfleurage,  215 

Espagne,  peau  d*  290 
Essential  Oils,  see  otto, 

Eucalypti,  147 

Expression,  146 

Face  Powder,  60 

Filtration,  52 

Flower  Boats,  97 

Flower  Farms  of  the  World,  205 
Floral  Oils,  217 

"         Pomades,  216 

Frangipanni,  114 

Frankincense,    69  176,  177,  224 

Garden  of  Paradise,  232 

Gloves,  Perfumed  73,  115 

Golden  Rose  and  the  Pope,      72 
Grasse,  207 

Gulabdan,  229 


Page. 

Gum  Benzoin,  77,  181 

•k     OUbuiiuui,  162,  176 

"     Storax,  180 

Hair,  Dressing  the  100,  101 

Hair  Dye,  236,  247 

"     Falling  off  of  the,  48 

Hay,  New  Mown  42,  77 

Hindoo  Barber,  The  161 

"     Perfumer,  161 

"     Toilet  Articles,  178 

Hoqua  Gardens,  106 

Imponderability  of  Fragrance  2 19 
Incense,          66,  69,  70,  99,  163 

Japanese  Perfumery,  99 

Jasmin,  219/107 

"     Chas.  Dickens  on  the  219 
Jockey  Club,  77 

Joss  Sticks,  98 


Kama,  The  God  of  Love, 
Kus  Kus, 


160 
161 

Laboratory,  13 

Lavandcr  Farms,  282 

Legend  of  Beautiful  Tonka,     43 

Lemon,  "  204 
"         To  purify  otto  of  205 

Lemongrass,  152 

Linaloe,  148 

Mace,  112 

Maceration,  182 

Magic  Perfumer,  129,  200,  230 

Magnolia,  35 

Mecca,  Balsam  of  180 

Michelia  Champaca,  160 

Mignonette,  206 

Mills,  Oil  52 


INDEX. 


Page. 

M .  Millons  Invention ,  218 

Mirbane,  65 

Moth,  mould  and  decay  prevent- 
ed by  perfumes,  32 
Mouth  Washes.  32 
Musk,  99,  102,  161,  163,  233 
"  Adulterations  of  174 
"  Deer  The,  169,  164 
"  Deer  Hunting,  171 
"  Snaring,  166 
*'  Empress  Josephine,  176 
"  Grub,  The  168 
"  Seed  and  Tree  65,  63 

New  Mown  Hay,  42,  77 

Neroli,  petale  143 

"       bigarde,  143 

,,       origin  of  the  term       143 

Nice,  205 

Night  Blooming  Cereus,  39 

Nutmegs,  66,  109,  112 

Oiling  the  Hair,  48 
Oils,  essential,  see  ottos 

Ointment,  Precious  71 
Olfactory  Nerve,  Tutoring  242 
Olibanum,  176, 224 

Olive  Oil,  207 

Opium,  182 

Orange  Blossoms,  144 

Orange  Flower  Water,  145 

Orangery,  The  142 

Origin  of  Perfumery,  66 

Oriental  Cosmetics,  236 

Otto,  of  Almonds,  55 

"         Bay,  62,  64 

Bergamot,  205 

"         Cassia,  153 


Page. 

Otto  of      Cedar,  33 

Cinnamon,  153 

Citronella,  152 

Cloves,  66,110,112,184 
Eucatyptus,  147 

Geranium,      156,  243 
Jasmine,  220 

Kus  Kus,  161 

Lavander,  283 

Lemon,  204 

Lemongrass,  152 

Linaloe,  148 

Mace,  112 

Mirbane,  65 

Neroli,  143 

Nutmeg,  113 

Patchouly,  162 

Peppermint,  20 

Pettigrain,  145 

Portugal,  146 

Rhodium,  156 

Rose,       55,  223,  226 
Rosewood,  155 

Sandal,99, 103, 160,163 
Sassafras,  48 

Verbena,  152 

Vetiver,  161 

Violets,  206 

Ylang  Ylang,         102 
Otto    is  the    odorous  principle, 

and  not  an  Oil. 

Ozone,  200 

Pastilles,  98,  237 

Patchouly,  162,  177 

"         Origin  of  its  use.   162 
Peanut  Oil,  48 

Peau  d'  Espagne,  290 

Peppermint,  20 


A    ROMANCE     OF     PERFUME    LANDS. 


Page. 

Perfumatory,  The  182 

Perfumes,  prophylactic  and 

antiseptic  32 

Perfumery  Establiskments280, 215 
Perfumery,  Histoy  of  G6,  159,224 
Pcttigrain,  144 

Pneumatic  Apparatus,  218 

Percolation,  185 

Perfumer's   Art,  The  238 

Per  fumus,  230 

Per  fumes,  295 

Peru,  Balsam  of  77 

Pomades  183,  215 

"     Purifying  215 

Powders,  Sachet  31,  46,  G5 

Powders,  Tooth  42,  155,  180 
Precious  Ointment,  The  71 

Queen  of  Flowers,  The  222 

Reseda,  207 

Rhodium,  15G 

Rondeletia,  103 

Rose,  The  226,  23S 

Rose  Geranium,      104,  156,  243 

Rose  Gardens,  The  223 

Roses,     223,  226,  238,  239,  247 

Tea,  239 

Tube,  207 

White,  239 

Yellow,  239 

Water,  223,227,  229,  239 

Wine,  240 

Rosewood,  155 

Rouge,  60 

Sachet  Powders,  31.  46,  65 


Page. 
Sandalwood,  99,103,105,160,163 

Sassafras,  48 

Sensitiveness  of  the 

olfactories,  242 

Sepulchral  Vases,  193 

Schnouda,  237 

Spice  Islands,  109 

Sponges,  40 

Stills,  21,  103 

Tight  Lacing,  60 

Tonka  Beans,  42 

"     Legend  of  Beautiful      43 

Toilet  Vinegar,  242 

Tolu,  Balsam  of  76 

Tooth  Powders,        42,  154,  180 

Tuberose,  207 

Turkish  Baths,  234 

"     Hair  Dye,          236,247 

"     Perfume  Bazaar,        247 

Tutoring  the  Olfactory  Nerve, 242 

United  States  a  grand  field 
for  the  production  of  flowers, 
and  perfumery  products,          146 
Vanilla,  57 

Verbena,  152 

Vernal  Grass,  42 

Vetiver,  1  u  i 

Vinegar,  Toilet  242 

Violets,  148,  206,  241 

Volatility  of  Perfumes,  1 75 

White  Rose,  239 


Yasmyn, 
Ylang  Ylang, 


220 
102,  105,  108 


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